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Redesigning Medicine Using Synthetic Biology
Drawing inspiration from nature, synthetic biology offers exciting opportunities to transform the future of medicine.
Redesigning Medicine Using Synthetic Biology
Redesigning Medicine Using Synthetic Biology

Drawing inspiration from nature, synthetic biology offers exciting opportunities to transform the future of medicine.

Drawing inspiration from nature, synthetic biology offers exciting opportunities to transform the future of medicine.

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Exploring how spatial relationships drive heart function
Mapping Out What Makes the Heart Tick
Nathan Ni, PhD | Jun 27, 2022 | 3 min read
A novel atlas reveals region-specific links between structural, mechanical, and genetic properties within the heart.
Cross-Sample Sequencing Contamination Galore
Ruth Williams | Apr 5, 2017 | 3 min read
Scientists conducting a large-scale, comparative transcriptomics project have inadvertently highlighted widespread contamination in sequencing data.
Team of Medical Research Scientists Collectively Working on a New Generation Experimental Drug Treatment. Laboratory Looks Busy, Bright and Modern.
Next-Generation Sequencing: A World without Limits
The Scientist and Illumina | 5 min read
Centralized core facilities and commercial service providers specializing in NGS provide expertise and training for researchers new to the method.
Forensics 2.0
Bob Grant | Jan 1, 2017 | 10+ min read
Meet the researchers working to untangle the mystery of a Missouri home filled with bones by bringing cutting-edge technologies into the crime lab.
Infographic: Advancing Forensic Science
Bob Grant | Dec 31, 2016 | 1 min read
Forensic scientists have been using rudimentary molecular techniques for decades. But advanced forensic anthropology technologies and
methods are just now coming to the fore in some investigations.
Gary Schroth, Vice President at Illumina
Modern Multiomics: Why, How, and Where to Next?
The Scientist and Illumina | 4 min read
A conversation with Illumina Distinguished Scientist and Vice President Gary Schroth about the present and future of multiomic technology and applications
2016 Top 10 Innovations: Honorable Mentions
The Scientist | Nov 30, 2016 | 1 min read
These runners up to the Top 10 Innovations of 2016 caught our judges' attention.
Q&A: Confirming Next-Gen Sequencing Results with Sanger
Tracy Vence | Oct 11, 2016 | 4 min read
Ambry Genetics CEO Aaron Elliott discusses his team’s recent analysis of 20,000 clinical next-generation sequencing panels.
Layered visual representation of multiomics
Integrate and Innovate with NGS and Multiomics
The Scientist and Illumina | 6 min read
Researchers across disciplines combine layers of discovery obtained with accessible NGS-based multiomics approaches.
Curious George
Anna Azvolinsky | Oct 1, 2016 | 9 min read
George Church has consistently positioned himself at genomics’ leading edge.
DNA Sequencing: From Tedious to Automatic
Catherine Offord | Oct 1, 2016 | 5 min read
Sequencing has gone from a laborious manual task costing thousands of dollars to a quick and cheap practice that is standard for many laboratories.
Context Is Key: Unlocking Tissue Complexity with Spatial Biology
Context Is Key: Unlocking Tissue Complexity with Spatial Biology
Deanna MacNeil, PhD | 4 min read
Scientists combine spatially resolved imaging analyses with cutting edge single cell techniques for greater insight into fundamental and disease relevant pathways.
Thirty Years of Progress
The Scientist | Oct 1, 2016 | 1 min read
Since The Scientist published its first issue in October 1986, life-science research has transformed from a manual and often tedious task to a high-tech, largely automated process of unprecedented efficiency.
The Genetic Components of Rare Diseases
Kelly Rae Chi | Jul 1, 2016 | 9 min read
Techniques for determining which genes or genetic variants are truly detrimental
Better Ways to Extract DNA
Better Ways to Extract DNA
The Scientist | 1 min read
Learn how to obtain high throughput DNA purification that improves next-generation sequencing.
Genome Digest
Catherine Offord | May 17, 2016 | 6 min read
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
 
Spoiler Alert
Wudan Yan | Mar 1, 2016 | 7 min read
How to store microbiome samples without losing or altering diversity
Why Automation Is a Necessity for Clinical Diagnostics
Bringing Fluency to Clinical Diagnostics Through Automation 
Tecan | 1 min read
Automated liquid handling workstations offer flexibility for a wide range of application and process needs.
Nanopore Sequencing Lawsuit
Catherine Offord | Feb 29, 2016 | 1 min read
Illumina accuses Oxford Nanopore Technologies of developing nanopore-based sequencing strategies covered by its patents.
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