next generation sequencing

Researchers identify what makes certain people more likely to contract leprosy than others.

Researchers use genetic clues to track the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria from the environment to patients.

Centenarians have distinct microbiomes with species that produce unique bile acids, which may help thwart illness.

Analyses of more than 300 ancient human genomes show that Hepatitis B virus has infected humans for at least 4,500 years and has much older origins than modern viral genomes would suggest.

Ambry Genetics CEO Aaron Elliott discusses his team’s recent analysis of 20,000 clinical next-generation sequencing panels.

A study of black widow spiders suggests that the arachnids leave traces of their own genetic material and DNA from prey in their sticky webs.

Piecing together scraps of DNA from a 400,000-year-old hominin femur

Revolutionary new methods for extracting, purifying, and sequencing ever-more-ancient DNA have opened an unprecedented window into the history of life on Earth.

A deep-sequencing analysis reveals that non-malignant skin cells harbor many more cancer-driving mutations than previously expected. 

A genetic analysis of ancient and modern maize clarifies the crop’s checkered domestication history.

This year in life science was marked by paltry federal funding increases, revelations of sequence contamination, and onerous regulations.

Outsourcing is still the rule and data analysis, the bottleneck.

Scientists use DNA sequencing to identify what’s attracting birds to airports, where midair collisions with planes can be devastating.