A spider on the Canary Islands lost half its DNA but gained more genetic variety. Scientists say this changes how we ...
When red devil spiders ventured down the Atlantic and arrived on the Canary Islands, their genome dramatically shrank and ...
Of all the myriad weird and wonderful species that populate this planet, it’s probably not the humble sweet potato that you’d pick as being the most mysterious. It may surprise you, therefore, to ...
Boston researchers sequenced a full human genome in record time, under four hours. The advance could speed life-saving diagnoses for newborns in intensive care. Boston Children’s Hospital, in ...
Adding genomic sequencing to the standard newborn screening heel-prick test is changing how we diagnose kids with genetic diseases.
FRIDAY, Oct. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new Guinness World Record for fastest whole human genome sequencing has been ...
Around 8 % of the human genome is made up of “ghost” viruses - ancient retroviruses that once infected our ancestors and now ...
Boston Children's Hospital, along with Broad Clinical Labs and Roche Sequencing Solutions, has demonstrated that rapid genomic sequencing and interpretation are achievable in a matter of hours.
Boston Children’s Hospital, along with Broad Clinical Labs and Roche Sequencing Solutions, has demonstrated that rapid ...