News and Trends 25 Feb 2021 Legal Fights Accompany Big Fundraises in Liquid Biopsy Scene …of media interest is the sequencing of Covid-19 mutations.” One of the most recent judgments in the UK was in a fight between the sequencing firms Illumina and MGI, a subsidiary… February 25, 2021 - 5 minutesmins - By Anita Chakraverty Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 13 Mar 2025 Nine biotechs thriving in Seattle in 2025 …sequencing Therapeutic area: cancer TwinStrand Biosciences awarded $83 million in patent-related court case Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a massive parallel DNA sequencing method that offers ultra-high throughput, scalability, and speed…. March 13, 2025 - 12 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 2 Nov 2016 NHS adopts Next-Gen Sequencing to Test for Birth Defects Despite a lawsuit from Illumina, Premaitha forged ahead with its NGS-based non-invasive prenatal test; the NHS just adopted it as a standard screen. With its seemingly infinite applications, next-generation sequencing… November 2, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 28 Feb 2025 Rare Disease Day: seven drugs awaiting approval in 2025 …such as genome sequencing, Ward pointed out. “One promising approach is long-read sequencing, which analyzes the genome in much longer stretches, enabling the detection of complex variants often missed by… February 28, 2025 - 10 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 29 Aug 2022 Malaysian Genomics and Ajlan to explore MENA biopharma opportunities …products. Ajlan will also identify commercial research and development opportunities for genome sequencing and analysis in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for areas such as agriculture, aquaculture,… August 29, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 13 Jun 2022 DNA synthesis: tackling the main bottleneck in biology research …only took a couple hundred dollars and less than 24 hours using next-generation sequencing.” The advent of next-generation sequencing meant that a whole human genome could be read within one… June 13, 2022 - 10 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 11 Dec 2018 Easy as ATCG: Commercialization of DNA as Data Storage …genome back in 2003 to just about 24 hours nowadays. But while sequencing a human genome now costs less than €1,000, at the current rate of €0.25 per synthesized base… December 11, 2018 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 10 Sep 2024 Long non-coding RNAs: what’s behind the growing “dark genome” buzz? The therapeutic field of long non-coding (lnc) RNAs has flown under the radar for quite some time now since they emerged as targets belonging to the dark genome to treat… September 10, 2024 - 5 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 12 Apr 2023 New technique developed for safer gene editing …genome, unwanted genes can be deleted, and new (functional) genes can be added in easily and quickly. One of the drawbacks of genome editing is that there are growing concerns… April 12, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 9 Aug 2022 Study says gene editing with CRISPR/Cas9 can lead to cell toxicity and genome instability CRISPR/Cas9 is a commonly used gene editing technique. CRISPR allows the introduction of a desired DNA sequence into (virtually) any spot of the genome, thus modifying or inactivating a gene…. August 9, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Opinion 26 Apr 2023 Can mRNA vaccines tackle multiple diseases? …towards phase III clinical trials, technology is already progressing to the next stage. Whole-genome-sequencing, combined with short as well as long-range RNA sequencing, has the potential to provide an innovative… April 26, 2023 - 9 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 21 Jul 2025 NATO Innovation Fund invests in first biotech: what’s to come? …biosecurity are all on the agenda with the sequencing platform. “The NATO Innovation Fund invested in Portal Biotech because its protein sequencing platform has the potential to unlock the next… July 21, 2025 - 9 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email