The research community's rapid acceptance of microarrays notwithstanding, technical challenges remain. Biochip developers continue to grapple with these issues while upgrading their offerings and ...

cDNA is produced from RNA templates via reverse transcription and is used in applications like RT-qPCR, microarrays, and RNA-seq. High-quality synthesis depends on intact RNA, removal of genomic DNA, ...

A routine experiment with a new single-cell DNA sequencing method turned into a surprising scientific twist when researchers ...

Plant scientist Dario Leister and his team are investigating how cyanobacteria adapt to rapidly changing light intensities.

Activated immune cells secrete tiny capsules bearing DNA that can enter other immune and tumor cells to stimulate the body's ...

Researchers have identified four more members of Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition, one of whom was the subject of great ...

Loss of an enzyme necessary for a process called lipoylation disrupts the way cancer cells copy their DNA, increasing their ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities are struggling to keep pace. AI company OpenAI ...

A review in Quantitative Biology demonstrates that scientists can now reliably build and combine very large pieces of DNA, ...

When activated by its target, the newly characterized molecule rips the genome apart, a lethal move that researchers can ...

Gene expression analysis helps uncover how cells function, adapt, and contribute to disease. Techniques from microarray preprocessing to advanced single-cell proteomics offer complementary insights ...

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