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Bioinformatics Tools Every Lab Should Use

Bioinformatics is the foundation of modern research, translating complex biological data into actionable insights by combining biology, computer science, and data analysis. Selecting the right ...
GovInfoSecurity

The Unseen Threat: DNA as Malware

Researchers demonstrated that it is feasible to encode executable payloads into synthetic DNA that, once sequenced and ...
The Scientist

A Novel Polymerase Reduces Stutter in Forensic DNA Analysis

When TV shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation portray DNA processing in the forensic lab, the results appear instantly with a DNA match wrapping up the case in hours. However, the ...

DNA from soil could soon reveal who lived in ice age caves

The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible ...
The New York Times

The DNA Helix Changed How We Thought About Ourselves

“The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we conceived of life itself. The X-ray crystallography by Rosalind Franklin ...
Business Wire

Promega Engineers New Enzyme to Significantly Reduce Stutter in Forensic DNA Analysis

Promega files patent for first-of-its-kind enzyme that minimizes stutter artifacts in STR analysis Reduced stutter polymerase enhances accuracy, efficiency and reliability of DNA profiling in forensic ...
The Washington Post

Scientists successfully sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA. Here’s what they found.

For the first time, scientists have sequenced a complete DNA set from an ancient Egyptian man, the oldest studied sequence, dating to when the pyramids were constructed. The analysis, published in ...