Promising new inroads into critical DNA testing has been forecast by experts who have applied machine learning to DNA profiling. From medical diagnostics to forensic tests and national security, PCR ...

Advances in DNA sequencing technology help forensic biologists identify suspects where traditional DNA profiling has failed, ...

Metagenomics relies on the use of software programs called assemblers, which can reconstruct tens of thousands of individual ...

Cornell (NY, USA) researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and bind to the genome. Transposons play critical roles in immune ...

Potential guidance for decisions about treatment escalation, de-escalation ...

Digital PCR (dPCR) is the third generation of PCR technology, after conventional PCR and real-time quantitative PCR. It offers significant benefits over these other methods, making it ideal for a wide ...

Agreement adds STR, SNP, microhaplotype and mitochondrial DNA MPS kits to Promega forensic product lineupMADISON, ...

In a way, sequencing DNA is very simple: There's a molecule, you look at it, and you write down what you find. You'd think it would be easy—and, for any one letter in the sequence, it is. The problem ...

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, but ...

Newborn babies admitted to the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) rely on the quick decisions and rapid action of the medical team responsible for them. DNA testing is critical to ...