DNA is the molecular basis of heredity, the inherited traits that pass between generations in a person's family tree. Embodied in the sequence of base pairs, DNA carries information between ...

A US-based biotech company has successfully sequenced the genetic codes of preserved plants, some of which date back more ...

Gene doping may be used to boost athletic performance of humans or racehorses. Scientists are devising approaches to detect ...

SAVANA is a new tool designed for accurate detection of structural variations in clinical samples Karen Arnott/EMBL-EBI and ...

The newest DNA sequencing technology from Swiss multinational Roche doesn’t measure DNA directly but in fact analyzes a different polymer altogether. The technology is not yet available for sale ...

DNA has two strands. Each strand is a sequence of four chemical bases: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T). The strands are anti-parallel and complementary. ‘Anti-parallel ...

After listing her credentials from Harvard to Cambridge, she gave hours of complex testimony validating that genetic sequencing has dramatically advanced with high-precision nuclear DNA ...