Breast cancer continues to be the most common neoplasm in females and recent reports suggest its rising incidence, especially in young women 1. Germline mutations in BRCA1 are the most researched ...

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 ...

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 ...

Definition: A microarray is a small, flat substrate carrying an ordered grid of microscopic probe features, each containing a known biological molecule, that is used to measure many molecular targets ...

The late 1980s were heady days for molecular biologists. PCR was only a few years old. The automated DNA sequencer had just been invented. The Human Genome Project was being debated in Congress.