Emily Leproust, PhD, co-founder and CEO of Twist Bioscience, spoke with MIT Technology Review about why DNA strands may be the next frontier in the emerging data storage market. Here are six things to ...

This October 17, 2017, image courtesy of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard shows Breakthrough Prize-winning US molecular biologist David Liu, who is at the forefront of pioneering work in gene ...

A major technological advance in DNA writing enables researchers to construct and create in the language of biology ...

As the world continues to generate data at an unprecedented rate, the search for efficient storage solutions has intensified. Traditional hard drives, once the backbone of digital storage, are now ...

One night a few years ago, two biologists sat in a bar in Hamburg, discussing DNA. Ewan Birney, the associate director of the European Bioinformatics Institute, and Nick Goldman, a research scientist ...

Does heart disease or cancer run in your family? MUSC researchers have created a program to identify whether you’re at an increased genetic risk for developing these conditions. The top two causes of ...

BETHESDA, MD. (April 25, 2025) — The umbilical cord may become a crystal ball of sorts, helping doctors predict the future of children at risk for long-term health problems, including diabetes, stroke ...

The growing sophistication of tumor molecular profiling has helped to slowly transition oncologic care toward a more personalized approach in different tumor types, including in bladder cancer. The ...

A revolution is underway in gene editing -- and at its forefront is David Liu, an American molecular biologist whose pioneering work is rewriting the building blocks of life with unprecedented ...