In Depth 4 Sep 2018
The Past, Present and Future of Genome Sequencing
The last two decades have seen a revolution in genome sequencing with dramatic increases in speed and efficiency coupled with…
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News and Trends 17 Apr 2018
How Low Can the Price of a Next Generation DNA Sequencer Go?
The next generation of DNA sequencers has arrived, and with it, a clash of titans: Illumina, Thermo Fisher and Qiagen…
News and Trends 30 Jan 2018
Update: Pocket Device makes its Debut in Whole Human Genome Sequencing
Update (30/01/2018): Oxford Nanopore has published a study in Nature Biotechnology outlining the first use of its pocket MinION device to…
News and Trends 12 Sep 2017
French Startup Raises €11M in Series A to Reinvent DNA Synthesis
DNA Script has gathered the support of key international investors to take a new, faster DNA synthesis technology closer to…
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News and Trends 11 Apr 2017
Illumina Enters Europe to Take Over the Prenatal Diagnostics Market
Illumina has launched its NGS-based non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) in Europe and is ready to position itself as the top…
News and Trends 27 Mar 2017
You Can Now Search Worldwide Genomic Data in a Single Platform
Access to data is still the main bottleneck for genomic researchers. Repositive has created a free online platform to solve…
News and Trends 2 Mar 2017
There’s a New Record in Biotech Fundraising: Should We Believe the Hype?
Illumina's cancer diagnostics baby, GRAIL, has raked in a jaw-dropping $1B in Series B. Should Europe get on America's level? A new…
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…
News and Trends 5 Jul 2016
“CRISPR is highly fragmented, with too many approaches. We bring it all together”
The problem with CRISPR, is that not many people are actually experts in the field, and there are only a select…
News and Trends 26 Apr 2016
Illumina is Suing over NGS Prenatal Screening… Again
Genoma is being sued by Illumina over four patents covering technology for prenatal testing, that uses NGS to diagnose fetal…
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News and Trends 25 Feb 2016
NGS Battle: Illumina is now suing Oxford Nanopore (and it looks suspicious)
NGS-Giant Illumina (US) is suing Oxford Nanopore (UK), the Unicorn ready to disrupt gene sequencing. What's the story? Illumina currently…
News and Trends 12 Feb 2016
World’s Largest Genome Sequencing Project partners with Global Leader in NGS
Genomics England (UK) today announce a partnership with the Next-Generation Sequencing Giant, Illumina (US), to develop a platform that can be used…
News and Trends 11 Dec 2015
Digital CRISPR Cloud Services: An Appealing Product to Big Bioinformatics Investors like Illumina
London's Desktop Genetics and their remote CRISPR and digital genetics platform has caught the eye of US Illumina - the…
News and Trends 22 Jul 2015
Nanopore cashes in €100M to revolutionize Next-gen sequencing
Personalized medicine is now becoming a reality thanks to next-gen sequencing. Illumina still remains Number 1 in the field, but…
News and Trends 30 Jun 2015
Qiagen vs. Illumina, the next Big Fight in Next-gen Sequencing
Next-gen sequencing is a revolution. San Diego-based Illumina owns most of the market but German giant Qiagen is prepared to disrupt…
News and Trends 18 Sep 2014
Would you be interested by MinION, the first pocket DNA sequencer ?
The first next-gen sequencing device of the size of an iPhone has been shipped. It is called MinION and is developed…