Element Biosciences lands $175M from Samsung for its gene-sequencing device

The funds will help the San Diego biotech commercialize its new benchtop gene-sequencing device and its other genomic ...

Peptide blocks DNA breaks tied to treatment-induced leukemia, offering new prevention route

Thanks to effective therapies, more and more people are now able to live with or after cancer in the long term. Consequently, the number of patients affected by the long-term effects of their ...

'All-in-one' platform developed for multiple trait stacking in crops

A major goal of modern crop breeding is to efficiently combine multiple desirable traits by "stacking" the favorable gene ...

New hantavirus sequencing tool maps whole genomes from hard-to-test samples

Infections by hantaviruses are rare but dangerous, killing 30–40% of infected people. When cases occur, public health ...

Volta Labs launches automated library preparation solution for the Oxford Nanopore Ligation Sequencing Kit V14

Volta Labs, maker of the Callisto™ Sample Prep System, today announced the availability of its DNA Library Preparation Application for the Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ligation Sequencing Kit V14 (SQK ...
PNAS

Spatially tunable multiomic sequencing using light-driven combinatorial barcoding of molecules in tissues

Spatial omic technologies profile the molecular make-up of tissues in detail without tissue disruption, producing detailed maps with great potential for basic and applied research. Existing methods ...
Medical Xpress

RNA sequencing platform unlocks rare disease diagnoses missed by standard tests

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) developed a new RNA sequencing strategy that can reveal how genetic variants disrupt gene function and improve the diagnosis of rare ...
Rolling Stone

Gwendolyn ‘Blondy’ Chisolm, the Sequence Co-Founder, Dead at 66

Gwendolyn “Blondy” Chisolm, the rapper and singer-songwriter who co-founded the Sequence, has died, Rolling Stone has confirmed. She was 66. Chisolm formed the hip-hip group with Cheryl “The Pearl” ...