DNA

For two decades, scientists struggled to fully sequence the Y chromosome. Finally, researchers have mapped its full length thanks to recent advances in sequencing technology.

With digital PCR (dPCR), researchers accurately and precisely quantitate nucleic acid samples.

Lasker Award winner Evelyn Witkin discovered the mechanism for DNA repair following UV damage.

Endonuclease R changed Richard Roberts’ career trajectory and created an industry.

Learn when to select absorbance or fluorescence to assess sample quantity and quality.

Researchers identify hundreds of candidate histone proteins in bacteria, including one with an unusual way of binding to DNA.

Strategies to overcome common qPCR challenges

By engineering structures out of DNA, scientists could potentially prevent larger viruses, like coronaviruses and influenza viruses, from interacting with cells.

Learn how to obtain high throughput DNA purification that improves next-generation sequencing.

A study sheds light on the tiny genes that have evolved in human genomes since we split from our mammalian ancestors.

This year, cancer researchers uncovered a variety of ways that tumors can survive and spread, ranging from damaging their own DNA to exploiting the nearby microenvironment for nutrients.

Researchers show how a toxic therapy helped identify a mummy using preserved DNA.

Identify small impurities introduced by oligonucleotide synthesis prior to experimentation.

In this webinar, Jia Guo discusses the basics of in situ hybridization and how to use novel fluorescent probes for ultra-sensitive single-cell resolution in situ genomics.

Exploring quality standards for extracting high yields of DNA from biological samples

The award highlights tremendous opportunities for aDNA as well as challenges related to rapid growth, equity, and misinformation.

Researchers optimize their transfection protocols with the ideal transfection reagent that has multiple applications, low cytotoxicity, and high transfection efficiency.

Andrew Pospisilik explores the epigenetic changes that give organisms the plasticity to change in response to their environments.

This year’s second-place winner of the 2022 Nikon Small World in Motion competition shows a 12-hour time-lapse of labeled cells.

Researchers say there may be similar, human genes whose effects on lifespan vary by sex.