With just a room-temperature “pot,” a sprinkling of molecules, and a simple electrical device, pathogen DNA detection can now be achieved in under an hour anywhere. This method creates ...
Lawmakers are trying to expand the nation-wide DNA criminal database. They are working on a new law that allows police to easily obtain DNA. Rep. Paul Wesselhoft said the law was inspired by the ...
Modern DNA/RNA sequencing technologies, known generally as “next-generation sequencing” (NGS) technologies, allow us to decode nucleic acid sequences in high throughput; therefore, much faster and ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In November 2016, virologist David Evans traveled to Geneva for a meeting of a World ...
La Jolla, CA, June 11, 2009 -A team of Scripps Research scientists has created a new analog to DNA that assembles and disassembles itself without the need for enzymes. Because the new system comprises ...
With aging populations on the rise, the need for better tools to diagnose and monitor Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia, has never been more urgent. This disease is ...