New DNA sequencing methods detect rare mutations acquired as bodies grow and age

Somatic mutations, the DNA changes that occur as our bodies grow and age, not only hold an important key to cancer but are ...

DNA sequencing reveals how rare cancer spread between twins before birth

Two identical sisters came into the world carrying the same rare cancer. They lost their lives to an undifferentiated sarcoma ...
Newswise

Large-scale study advances detection of DNA mutations across the human genome

Researchers in a Mayo Clinic-led study have shown how to detect a broad range of DNA mutations in noncancerous human tissues ...
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Multiplexed single-cell sequencing reads DNA methylation in hundreds of cells at once

DNA methylation — the chemical tagging of cytosine bases that helps decide which genes are on and which are silent — is one ...
Nanowerk

DNA Sequencing Explained: Technologies and Applications

This image compares three DNA sequencing technologies: Sanger sequencing, Massively Parallel DNA sequencing, and Nanopore DNA sequencing. Sanger sequencing (left) sequences 500-700 bases per reaction ...
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New Open-Source Pipeline Turns Thousands of Sanger Sequences into Named Species in Minutes

A new open-source bioinformatic pipeline called MycorrhizaTracer automates the processing and taxonomic classification of ...

Long-Read DNA Testing Ends A Diagnostic Odyssey

Long-read DNA testing diagnosed 35% of previously unsolved inherited muscle disease cases, detecting complex genetic changes ...

New DNA tool could help detect harmful algal blooms before they spread

A new study by researchers at the University of South Florida and Florida Atlantic University has demonstrated that a DNA ...