We asked IBM for its smartest new innovation. This is what they gave us. The problem: Learning to sequence DNA fast and cheap might be the most important challenge in health technology. Understanding ...

Illumina DNA sequencing machines are vulnerable to exploitation. Both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have published advisories ...

A new initiative aims to make Manitoba a hub for genetic research and development by putting technology in the hands of students, farmers and health practitioners. And it centres around portable ...

A research team led by the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have developed a method to accurately and ...

Long-read sequencing technologies analyse long, continuous stretches of DNA. These methods have the potential to improve researchers’ ability to detect complex genetic alterations in cancer genomes.

It's cold and dry and it's a perfect testing ground to look for life on a planet more than 200 million kilometres away. Welcome to the Canadian Arctic. In the search for life outside Earth, there are ...

A*STAR scientists have developed a new method to directly and efficiently read DNA containing non-standard “letters” (bases) ...