Advances in sequencing technologies have accelerated the discovery of the genetic causation of diseases and new cell types. This revolution has also given rise to a new technique known as genetic ...

With the ability to map dozens of biomarkers at once, a new method could transform testing for conditions including heart disease and cancer. With the ability to map dozens of biomarkers at once, a ...

Stay up to date on the latest science with Brush Up Summaries. Article reviewed by Ninning Liu, PhD from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. Similar to retail stores that use standardized ...

In a recent article published in Nature communications*, researchers described a technique of capturing two-dimensional (2D) light patterns into deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and using high-throughput ...

Intro -- Contents -- Part I: DNA Barcoding: Advantages and Significance -- Implications and Utility of DNA Barcoding -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Significance of DNA Barcoding -- 3 Gene Markers in DNA ...

Combining the new rbcL database with the ITS2 sequence library enabled researchers to identify eight of nine species of pollen grains (left) by looking for unique differences in their DNA barcodes ...

Sujeevan Ratnasingham, the bioinformatics expert who developed the Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) platform for the global DNA barcoding community, has won this year's Ebbe Nielsen Prize from the ...

DNA barcoding involves the use of only a tiny snippet of DNA to identify unknown species. The technique has become so popular of late that for the last three years, researchers started a meeting ...

Australian scientists have discovered that DNA barcoding can be used to track cancer cells in solid and liquid biopsies, ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - Adam Schneider is an assistant professor of biology at UW-La Crosse. He’s teaching a plant taxonomy course to help students identify plants they may see in their daily lives.