Encoding information in DNA has long seemed like a promising way to secure data for the long term, but so far it has required an expert touch. It turns out that you don’t need to be a scientist to ...

Synthetic oligonucleotides have become a fundamental tool in a wide range of biological fields, including synthetic biology, biosensing, and DNA storage. Reliable access to equipment for synthesizing ...

A large amount of engineering biology studies rely on synthetic DNA, which includes oligonucleotides (oligos) and also longer constructs such as genes or even entire chromosomes 1,2. There is a shift ...

The human genome project was undertaken to determine the human DNA sequence and analyze variation among individuals. To make use of this information, tools were developed that could collect and ...

Launched in 1990, The Human Genome Project was a monumental effort to sequence and analyze the entire human genome to understand how genetics influence health. While the Human Genome Project helped ...