Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed a new algorithm capable of building complete human genomes using standard ...

For 50 years, scientists at the San Diego Zoo have been collecting and storing cells from rare and endangered species in its Frozen Zoo with an eye to the future. The future is here. The San Diego Zoo ...

The first resource containing high-resolution DNA sequencing data for over 37,000 children and parents collected over multiple decades from across the UK is now available to researchers worldwide. The ...

In this combined segment, Dr Shaheen explains how clinical guidelines and emerging trial data work together to inform treatment sequencing decisions in progressive pancreatic NETs. She describes ...

Much like software and data analytics reshaped industries like finance and retail, a similar transformation is now creating a new landscape for investors in medicine. Genomics stands at the forefront ...

Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is not necessarily a solution for someone with a rare, monogenic disease. Indeed, more than half of families with suspected rare monogenic diseases do not have an answer ...

At this year’s ABRF Annual Meeting (23–26 March; NV, USA), biotech companies had the opportunity to showcase their technology, highlighting how their products are facilitating breakthroughs in the ...

The Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) field has been in constant flux since a wave of newcomers entered the field several years ago that changed the game. The startups offered sequencing users new ...

Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) sequence analysis to screen for fetal aneuploidy can incidentally detect maternal cancer. Additional data are needed to identify DNA-sequencing patterns and other biomarkers that ...

Animals are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate. Each day, an estimated 200 species go extinct. Some of the ...