In a way, sequencing DNA is very simple: There's a molecule, you look at it, and you write down what you find. You'd think it would be easy—and, for any one letter in the sequence, it is. The problem ...

Despite decades of chasing leads, investigators had been unable to identify the victim of a 1992 homicide on the North Side.

PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, today announced the ...

At a time when it was assumed that there would be flying cars and sentient artificial intelligence robots living among humans, South Africa is slowly but surely asserting itself in science, ...

The pan-genome arrives at a peak moment for the banana industry, which has been heavily impacted by pests such as the Black Sigatoka and TR4.

On 12 February 2001, the scientific journals Nature and Science announced the publication of the first sequencing of the human genome. This giant leap ...

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. ( PACB) Q4 2025 Earnings Call February 12, 2026 5:00 PM EST Good day, and welcome to PacBio's Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Earnings Conference Call. Please ...

Cancer cannot be explained by mutations alone. Today, cancer is understood as a multifactorial disease, shaped by genetics, ...

A new study says genetic testing can speed the return of the American chestnut tree that once dominated Eastern U.S. forests.

A New York judge on Wednesday allowed DNA evidence obtained through advanced techniques into the forthcoming murder trial of Rex Heuermann, the man accused of being Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial ...

When scientists sequence tumor DNA, they typically find small amounts of genetic code from bacteria, viruses and fungi – microorganisms that, if actually present in tumor tissues, could influence how ...

Chiquita has announced a major advancement in banana innovation with the completion of the Yelloway banana pan-genome, a foundational scientific breakthrough designed to accelerate the development of ...