Scrappy San Diego startup goes toe-to-toe with gene-sequencing giant Illumina

Element Biosciences created a high-throughput benchtop device that can deliver a whole genome for $100 – half the price of ...
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Ultima Genomics Introduces the Next Generation of Sequencing at Scale with the Launch of the UG200™ Series and Next Generation Solaris 2.0 Workflows

Twice the output, half the runtime, and half the footprint of the UG 100® with greater flexibility and improved genomic ...

Sequencing work at San Diego’s Frozen Zoo expected to ‘dramatically expand’ science of conservation

For 50 years, scientists at the San Diego Zoo have been collecting and storing cells from rare and endangered species in its Frozen Zoo with an eye to the future. The future is here. The San Diego Zoo ...

Q&A: Algorithm achieves near end-to-end genome assembly without ultra-long DNA sequencing

Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed a new algorithm capable of building complete human genomes using standard ...
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Element Biosciences introduces VITARI™, redefining what high-throughput sequencing makes possible

Element Biosciences Inc. today announced VITARI, the first ever high-throughput benchtop sequencing system capable of delivering a high-quality whole genome at $100. With the introduction of VITARI, ...

FamilyTreeDNA Advances Genetic Genealogy with Precision Genomics Partnership

The panel ensures compatibility with our previous autosomal Family Finder tests plus all the autosomal transfers we ...

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes, the DNA blueprint for these cells is essentially the same. Where do those differences come ...