Genetic sequencing has gone through several advances. A major breakthrough came when scientists began breaking the billions of letters that compose DNA up into relatively small bits of a few hundred ...

Next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) has transformed the way scientists understand genetics. With the ability to sequence DNA and RNA faster and cheaper than ever before, this technology is reshaping ...

Scientists say the vaccines that use genetic technology can be easily tweaked. Vaccine makers say they are in the midst of testing their shots' effectiveness against the newly discovered omicron ...

In a groundbreaking scientific achievement, researchers have successfully decoded the DNA of the giant moa, a bird that roamed New Zealand before its extinction hundreds of years ago. This discovery, ...

Genetic technologies have the potential to help solve the ever-growing challenges of food insecurity and global health. But for this potential to be met, regulations that hinder scientific innovation ...

Each year, 263 million people get malaria. But from the parasite's perspective, infecting humans is harder than you might think, and requires completing an epic journey within the tiny body of a ...

Jan. 14—ROCHESTER — Vyriad, a growing Rochester firm, recently raised an additional $25 million in funding to fuel its "race" to bring a new technology to market that accurately targets cancer within ...

For those born with certain types of congenital deafness, the cochlear implant has been a positive and enabling technology.

On November 13, 2025, the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025 (“2025 PB regulations”) took effect, completing the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) post-Brexit framework for gene-edited ...