Illumina’s systems employ short-read sequencing techniques, which has been the predominant NGS technology for the last decade. The company has made huge advances in the NGS space and now markets a ...

The idea that the experiences of our ancestors shape who we are today is not a novel one. In fact, throughout history, great thinkers from around the world have proposed theories and ideas to explain ...

As technology advances, we’re used to hearing about the latest in a seemingly never-ending list of ‘omics’. With each one hailed as more promising than the last, opportunities in the life sciences ...

This feature was written using content from out recenty published Proteomics Playbook, which you can download for FREE here. The sequence of a protein is critical as it largely dictates the protein’s ...

Nucleic acid sequencing has become an integral part of modern biomedical research. The advances in sequencing technology, from its invention to modern-day equivalents, have been extraordinary. 2022 ...

As advancements in genetic technologies accelerate at an astonishing pace, the potential for gene editing to transform our world becomes closer to being realised. With the advent of revolutionary ...

The metabolome consists of all the small molecules, or metabolites, which are components and products of biochemical reactions taking place within the body. Given its dynamic nature, metabolomics is a ...

The term ‘gender’ can be subjective. It is often seen as a social construct that each individual has their own interpretation of, or connotations that they associate with it. For the scientific ...

Scientific progress is often viewed as an unqualified good: faster sequencing, cheaper tests, and cutting-edge genomics tools seem to promise quicker diagnoses and personalised treatments. But for ...

The field of genetics is a relatively young science, beginning with Gregor Mendel’s studies on the inheritance of traits in pea plants. The term “genetic engineering” was first coined by Jack ...

Two things that have defined the 21 st century are genomics and the internet. Through a combination of these has emerged a controversial type of ‘influencer’ on the internet – self-gene-editors or ...

The Global Enteric Multicentre Study (GEMS) was a three-year initiative to identify causes of diarrhoeal disease in children from south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Whilst the study was successful in ...