A new method to decode how DNA 'switches' control gene activity

DNA is the blueprint of life. Genes encode proteins and serve as the body's basic components. However, building a functioning ...
Homeland Security Today

NIST Publishes Review of DNA Mixture Interpretation Methods

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published DNA Mixture Interpretation: A Scientific Foundation Review. This draft report, which will be open for public comment for 60 days ...
Technology Networks

How Tiny DNA Changes Reshape Gene Control Mechanisms

Researchers developed e2MPRA, a high-throughput technique that simultaneously measures cis-regulatory element activity and epigenetic state. By analyzing thousands of sequences, the method showed that ...
Nanowerk

Crypto beads use DNA and light to hide and reveal secret messages

DNA strands on tiny beads hide and reveal encrypted messages through programmable fluorescence patterns read by flow cytometry.
insider.si.edu

DNA barcodes : methods and protocols / edited by W. John Kress and David L. Erickson

DNA barcodes : methods and protocols / W. John Kress and David L. Erickson -- Introduction to animal DNA barcoding protocols / Lee A. Weigt ... [et al.] -- DNA barcodes for insects / John James Wilson ...
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Mizzou researchers developing a rewritable DNA hard drive

Scientists are exploring synthetic DNA as a way to store massive amounts of data. Now, University of Missouri researchers, led by Li-Qun “Andrew” Gu, are taking it a step further by developing a ...