Human microbes likely contaminated ISS, not aliens
In Russia, Anton Shkaplerov, who will lead Russia’s International Space Station crew in December, said that samples from a recent swabbing of the outside...
Bio-Rad Acquires RainDance Technologies to Strengthen DNA Sequencing Applications
In New York, Bio-Rad Laboratories acquired one of its rivals, RainDance Technologies. Details on the acquisition amount or impact for RainDance employees were not...
520 day isolation shows microbes could endanger Mars space crew on long journey
In Russia, six Marsonauts crew members lived in a mock space capsule for the 520 days it would take to travel to Mars and...
Regeneron, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and others to accelerate largest ‘big data’ genome biobank
In New York, Regeneron plans to sequence the exomes of all 500,000 people within the UK Biobank resource, all with associated health records, creating...
Genetic Sequencing Helps Find Key to Pest Resistant Soybeans
In Missouri, researchers found a key genetic discovery that can help develop more pest-resistant soybean crops. Cyst nematodes are the bane of many soy...
Flower or flesh? Genetics explain mosquito preference
In Ohio, researchers at Ohio State University are working on creating a world in which mosquitoes choose flowers over flesh, saving us from itchy...
Save the elephants! Genetic research could help elephant conservation efforts
In Massachusetts, scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Uppsala University, the University of Potsdam, and McMaster University used...
23andMe seeking more funding to expand genetics research and products
In California, 23andMe is looking for more money to expand their genetics research and work on new products, but they aren’t ready to go...
Corals prefer eating plastic over sand even though it harms them
In North Carolina, scientists at Duke University found that corals are eating plastic, preferring it over other food like sand. They believe there is...
Want to know what your baby will look like and like to eat?
In Colorado, HumanCode startup introduced BabyGlimpse, a $259 test that uses DNA from a couple to predict what their future child might look like...