PacBio has announced its participation in the 1000 Genomes Long Read Sequencing Project, contributing long-read transcriptome data to enhance this significant human genomics initiative. Through ...

Infections by hantaviruses are rare but dangerous, killing 30–40% of infected people. When cases occur, public health officials need rapid, detailed information about the virus to identify the strain ...

Whole-genome plant sequencing is heavily biased towards species from temperate regions and species with utilitarian values. An expansion of efforts to include tropical plant species regardless of ...

Bacteria are among the most diverse lifeforms on Earth, so it’s no surprise that their genomes have yielded a treasure trove of fascinating discoveries. The study of bacterial genomes has led to the ...

In just a few decades, DNA sequencing technologies evolved from slow, manual processes to rapid, automated ones, making ...

Completed in 2003, the Human Genome Project gave us the first sequence of the human genome, albeit based on DNA from a small handful of people. Building upon its success, the 1000 Genomes Project was ...

A closeup of a black and orange monarch butterfly on the sunlit zinnia flowers blurred background© Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock.com Animals are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate.

A National Institutes of Health study will evaluate whether to screen tens of thousands of healthy infants for genetic ...

Plastic pollution is an escalating environmental concern, particularly in coastal regions where sediments serve as long-term sinks for plastic debris. Despite this, the microbial communities ...