A missing person investigation once depended on door-knocking, radio appeals and hours of manual searching. Today, modern technology, social media and artificial intelligence have given police a far ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first cell-based gene therapies for sickle cell disease, including the first-ever treatment built on CRISPR/Cas9 technology. That decision moved gene ...

DNA, long known as the molecule that carries genetic information, is taking on a new role in science. Researchers now see it as a powerful building material for machines so small they operate at the ...

New innovations designed to simplify NGS workflows Enhances critical variant identification through improved technologies Roadmap advances provide flexibility across targeted and whole genome ...

CHARLOTTE — New DNA technology helped the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department solve the 1990 killing of Kim Thomas, leading to an arrest 35 years after she was stabbed to death inside her Cotswold ...

Newborn babies admitted to the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) rely on the quick decisions and rapid action of the medical team responsible for them. DNA testing is critical to ...

Emily Leproust, PhD, co-founder and CEO of Twist Bioscience, spoke with MIT Technology Review about why DNA strands may be the next frontier in the emerging data storage market. Here are six things to ...