Publicly accessible DNA research is a prime target for hackers, according to researchers. The vulnerabilities present risks to the privacy of individuals, scientific integrity and national security, ...

2 Within these segments, they found a shared short sequence that revealed highly variable tandem repeats, which seemed ideal for unique genetic profiling. By combining RFLP and STR analysis, ...

In a recent study, scientists sounded the alarm on the vulnerability of DNA data, particularly those obtained through ...

Next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS)—the same technology which is powering the development of tailor-made medicines, cancer ...

Illumina is teaming up with Tempus AI for a project aimed at promoting the use of DNA sequencing tests across all major areas ...

DNA sequencing has also aided complex disease ... funds and operates a national database containing the genetic profiles of known offenders that can be searched whenever DNA evidence is obtained ...

A research team led by Professor Tong Zhang from the Department of Civil Engineering of Faculty of Engineering at the ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies ... Berezin: When it comes to biosecurity with respect to synthetic DNA sequences, the onus is really on the gene synthesis companies that are ...

DNA profiles are typically generated using polymorphisms in parts of the DNA called short tandem repeats (STRs). DNA has two strands. Each strand is a sequence of four chemical bases: adenine (A ...

A study by scientists at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) introduces a more cost-effective, scalable ...