Human DNA contains roughly 3 billion letters of genetic code. However, we understand only a fraction of what this vast instruction manual tells our cells to do. Most of the genome remains mysterious, ...

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

Google's DeepMind launches AlphaGenome, an artificial intelligence model that predicts gene expression from DNA sequence.

Pune: A team of researchers from IISER, Pune, have developed a method to enhance sensitivity of RNA \"biosensors\", which, when mixed with viral samples.

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) recently said that the exercise to sequence 10,000 Indian human genomes and create a database under the Centre-backed Genome India Project is about two-thirds ...

The sequences for the devastating influenza viruses that struck in 1889, 1918, 1957, and 1968 are also easy to find. But even more deadly viruses — Marburg, Lassa, and Ebola — are all out ...

Ebola, a highly contagious disease mostly seen in Africa, causes fever, fatigue and bleeding from the eyes and the nose. The virus kills about half of those it infects.

The $7bn market for DNA sequencing has so far been dominated by Illumina of the US. The company, which has a market cap of $60bn, entered the market by buying a UK start-up called Solexa in 2007.

Arias A, Watson SJ, Asogun D, et al. Rapid outbreak sequencing of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone identifies transmission chains linked to sporadic cases. Virus Evol 2016;2(1):vew016-vew016. Crossref ...

As gene-based vaccines are being designed and tested at unprecedented speeds to fight COVID-19, scientists wonder if this will be the technology’s make-or-break moment.

Every subsequent sequencing cartridge, which can do 12 samples at once, costs an extra $500. That’s roughly $42 per sample. The conventional DNA analysis method costs as little as $5 a sample.

A gene from the deadly Ebola virus that allows the virus to escape from the human immune system has been identified in the genome of a group of bats that is found worldwide, including North America.