There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

The landscape of next-generation sequencing (NGS) continues to be defined by astonishing technological progress. We continue ...

Using CLASSIC, Rice researchers realized that circuits are variable, having multiple pathways to elicit the same outcome.

The new technique is called CLASSIC, an acronym for “combining long and short range sequencing to investigate genetic ...

A whole-genome sequencing approach shows early promise over current commercial methods for identifying more patients likely ...

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A genomic atlas of Nematostella vectensis reveals how primitive animals created multiple cell types millions of years ago, ...

A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...

We know the genes, but not their functions—to resolve this long-standing bottleneck in microbial research, a joint research ...

Epigenetics is the study of various heritable alterations that control gene expression without changing the DNA sequence. 1 The name epigenetics comes from the Greek prefix “epi”, which means on top ...