The biggest new healthcare product unveiled at CES this week was undoubtedly Life Technologies Corp.’s (NASDAQ:LIFE) new Ion Proton Sequencer, a bench-top machine that the company says will be able to ...

A California company predicts it will soon be able to sequence an entire human gene map in four minutes, for just $1,000. Pacific Biosciences says its new gene-sequencing machines are far faster than ...

MADISON, Wisconsin, November 7, 2011 – A 79-year-old collection of fungal cultures and the U.S. Forest Service's Northern Research Station are part of a team that will sequence 1,000 fungal genomes in ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Oct. 6, 2008 — Complete Genomics Inc., a third-generation human genome sequencing company, today announced its formal launch as the world's first provider of large-scale human ...

As our technological world advances, one area of science that is trying hard to keep up is the biotech sector, especially when talking about working on human DNA and genome projects. For the most part ...

The 1,000 Genomes Project has surpassed the 1,000 genomes mark. This week, the international consortium that is behind the sequencing effort reported on genome data from 1,092 individuals from 14 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California company predicts it will soon be able to sequence an entire human gene map in four minutes, for just $1,000. Sign up here. Pacific Biosciences says its new ...