Luna DNA, Nebula Genomics, and other “bio-brokers” will allow customers to make money by granting access to their genetic and personal information for research purposes.

See the American Museum of Natural History curator Mark Sidall explain his fascination with leeches, which he and other scientists are using to infer biodiversity in some far-flung places.

Scientists are searching for signatures of mammals within the blood meals of the invertebrates.

Clinical analyses of patients’ gene sequences are helping to provide answers where none were available before.

DNA analysis gives clues to how the ancient hominin’s population split and how they interacted with modern humans.

“Cheddar Man” had dark hair and blue eyes, a sequencing analysis suggests.

MinION achieved the longest reads of DNA sequences to date. 

The virologist turned NASA astronaut pioneered DNA sequencing in space and conducted experiments in microgravity.

Malicious code written with nucleic acids could one day threaten sequencing facilities, the team warns.

Scientists use a new technique to piece together the mosquito’s full genome.