While solution-phase chemistry lets millions of parallel DNA reactions be performed simultaneously in a beaker, manipulating single molecules of DNA is still a formidable challenge. A new technique, ...

The ability of molecular biologists to sequence the human genetic code promises to usher in a new era of genetic medicine, but that doesn't mean current science can accurately read your personal ...

Soon after the completion of the Human Genome Project, it became clear that the approximately 20,000 DNA fragments identified as protein-coding sequences were woefully inadequate to account for the ...