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Long-Read Sequencing
Long-Read Sequencing, also known as third-generation sequencing, is a class of DNA sequencing methods which are currently under active development. In contrast to other existing methods of DNA sequencing the process of long-read sequencing does not require breaking long strands of DNA, but simply reading the nucleotide sequences at a molecule level.
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SEP 21, 2025Microbiology
Microbes have long been engaged in warfare; these cells have to find a place to survive and thrive, and collect enough n ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2025Microbiology
When investigating the human mouth microbiome, researchers made a surprising discovery.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made a major breakthrough in our understanding of Huntington's disease. This genetic disorder has long ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Genetic sequencing has gone through several advances. A major breakthrough came when scientists began breaking the billi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetic sequencing can be expensive, and sometimes it can give us some information about our health or families...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2023Health & Medicine
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A team of scientists has uncovered sequence errors in many papers in two different high-impact journals.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 24, 2022Microbiology
Researchers sought to learn how dangerous drug-resistant Klebsiella, which can be found in many places, like farms, hosp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene sequences are made up of nucleotide bases, which are 'read' by the cell's machinery in triplets; three ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used new long-read genetic sequencing technology to show that there are bacterial genomes within the genome ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There are billions of nucleotides in the human genome, and researchers once thought that there were as many as 100,000 p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2022Microbiology
Our bodies contain huge numbers of microbes - inside and out. We even have face mites. New research has shown that the m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 08, 2022Genetics & Genomics
While most of us tend to carry the same general set of genes, within the billions of bases that make up the human genome ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2022Neuroscience
If a body is going to function correctly, the cells need to be in the right place. Scientists have learned a lot about h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The Human Genome Project was declared complete in 2002. But it wasn't exactly finished. Mysterious, repetitive sequences ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Currently, there are upwards of 1.5 million COVID-19 tests administered daily worldwide, so the need for fast, accurate, ...Written By: Hannah DanielNOV 18, 2021Genetics & Genomics
For simplicity's sake, it's easy to think of the genome as a set of instructions that cells use to create the pr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2021Chemistry & Physics
There is a data storage problem. Not every piece of information can be stored in the cloud (aka: on the internet); some ...Written By: Hannah DanielMAY 02, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have generated much more accurate reference materials for genomic studies. The work removed errors and impro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 02, 2021Genetics & Genomics
It was a landmark event when the human genome was finally sequenced, and the Human Genome Project came to an end. But li ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
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There are thought to be more than 94 million cats in the US alone. Researchers have now improved the reference genome se ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The human body is made up of around 10 trillion cells. Fascinatingly, we have 10 times more bacterial cells on our bodie ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
SEP 21, 2025
Microbiology
Microbes have long been engaged in warfare; these cells have to find a place to survive and thrive, and collect enough n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2025
Microbiology
When investigating the human mouth microbiome, researchers made a surprising discovery.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made a major breakthrough in our understanding of Huntington's disease. This genetic disorder has long
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic sequencing has gone through several advances. A major breakthrough came when scientists began breaking the billi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetic sequencing can be expensive, and sometimes it can give us some information about our health or families...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2023
Health & Medicine
the ripple effect of shared DNA information and how the choices of distant relatives impact the entire familial tree
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JUL 17, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal examines how the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) h
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 15, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
A team of scientists has uncovered sequence errors in many papers in two different high-impact journals.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2022
Microbiology
Researchers sought to learn how dangerous drug-resistant Klebsiella, which can be found in many places, like farms, hosp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene sequences are made up of nucleotide bases, which are 'read' by the cell's machinery in triplets; three
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used new long-read genetic sequencing technology to show that there are bacterial genomes within the genome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There are billions of nucleotides in the human genome, and researchers once thought that there were as many as 100,000 p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2022
Microbiology
Our bodies contain huge numbers of microbes - inside and out. We even have face mites. New research has shown that the m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
While most of us tend to carry the same general set of genes, within the billions of bases that make up the human genome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2022
Neuroscience
If a body is going to function correctly, the cells need to be in the right place. Scientists have learned a lot about h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The Human Genome Project was declared complete in 2002. But it wasn't exactly finished. Mysterious, repetitive sequences
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Currently, there are upwards of 1.5 million COVID-19 tests administered daily worldwide, so the need for fast, accurate,
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
NOV 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
For simplicity's sake, it's easy to think of the genome as a set of instructions that cells use to create the pr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
There is a data storage problem. Not every piece of information can be stored in the cloud (aka: on the internet); some
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
MAY 02, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have generated much more accurate reference materials for genomic studies. The work removed errors and impro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 02, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
It was a landmark event when the human genome was finally sequenced, and the Human Genome Project came to an end. But li
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 25, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
There are thought to be more than 94 million cats in the US alone. Researchers have now improved the reference genome se
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The human body is made up of around 10 trillion cells. Fascinatingly, we have 10 times more bacterial cells on our bodie
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes