Elaine Mardis can make DNA sequencers sing, generating genome data that shed light on evolution and disease.
Elaine Mardis can make DNA sequencers sing, generating genome data that shed light on evolution and disease.
In its brief, 4-year history, The Scientist’s annual Top 10 Innovations contest has become a showcase of the coolest life science tools to emerge in the previous year. This year’s installment is no exception.
How Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock nearly gave up genetics for meteorology
The collective intelligence of thousands of video game players is helping researchers understand the regulation of more than 500 different disease genes.
More than one quarter of US researchers studying human embryonic stem cells say they’ve had trouble acquiring cell lines of interest.
Some are worried that the judges scheduled to hear arguments on the legality of federal support for human embryonic stem cell research will rule against stem cell funding.
A powerful consortium of research organizations in Europe speaks out against a recent ruling to ban patenting of research on human embryonic stem cells.
The National Institutes of Health promises about $400 million to help get personalized genetics into the clinic.
Researchers have mapped out the DNA of what some scientists claim to be an arsenic loving bacterium.