Genetics and Genomics

Global Market Overview: Genomics

In this article, we discuss how genomics is used in all areas of science, how this might develop in the future, and the global market outlook.

Overview

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

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What is a Gene Mutation?

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Exploring the Dark Genome

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Feature Articles

lncRNAs in Human Disease

How Are Genes Born?

Trending Technologies: A Guide to DNA Sequencers

The Role of Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) in Modern Genomics

What Role does Functional Genomics Play in Pharmacology?

What is Base Editing?

What is Achondroplasia?

Epigenetics in Neurobiology

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The Genetics of Trauma

Role of Trauma on Depression- Linked Genes

DNA Methylation in Cancer

Using Gene Expression to Determine Time of Death

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

What is Molecular Phylogenetics?

Improving Antibody Affinity Using CRISPR

Insight into Genome Packaging in Viruses

From DNA to Protein; The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology

Genetic Testing in the fight against Alzheimer’s

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

Advancements in Genome Editing

What is a Genotype?

Trending Technologies: A Guide to NGS Sequencers

Role of Long-Read Sequencing in Genomic Medicine

What is Antisense Technology?

What is Genetics?

MicroRNA Silencing Cancer Therapies

How Worms May Hold the Secret to a Longer Life

Using DNA in Biodiversity Conservation

What is Epigenomics?

Role of NPSR1 Gene in Sleep

A History of Developmental Biology

Understanding Complex Biology Through Multi-Omics Integration

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

How Does Your Ethnicity Affect Your Genetic Makeup?

Importance of Making Single-Stranded DNA

Discovering Extinct Species in Your DNA

What Role Does Epigenetics Play in Drug Discovery?

What is Phenotypic Plasticity?

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

Optical Genome Mapping: A New Frontier in Structural Genomic Variation Analysis

Searching for New Drugs using CRISPR

Genetics of Albinism

Role of Whole Genome Sequencing in Disease Diagnosis

Dissecting the Current Genomics Landscape

What are Transgenic Organisms?

Telomere Shortening and Stress

Genomics vs Genetics

Predicting School Performance from DNA

Types of Gene Editing

An Overview into Genetic Engineering

Importance of Cell Heterogeneity for Genomics Research

What is Genetic Toxicology?

The Role of Retrotransposons in Shaping Human Genome Evolution

Could CRISPR be used to Create New Species?

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

What is DNA-Encoded Libraries Technology (DELT)?

Non-Coding DNA and its Role in Research

Examining Microbial Diversity Using Functional Genomics

Optogenetics in Cellular Biology and Human Disease Models

Could CRISPR be Used to Revive Extinct Species?

What is Genomics?

Role of Bioinformatics in Genome Analysis

What is CRISPR?

DNA Higher-Order Structure Formation

How could Gene Editing Transform our Healthcare?

What are DNA ‘fingerprints’?

What is Recombinant Mapping?

How CRISPR is Revolutionizing Biomedical Research

What is the Epigenome?

Grow Up; The Genetics Behind Human Growth

Global Market Report: Gene Editing

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

The Applications of Chromosome Conformation Capture (3C) Technology

How do Viruses Steal Genetic Codes?

Importance of Diversity in Genomic Research

What Impact do Our Genes have on Health and Disease?

How could Gene Editing solve Food Allergies?

Genome Editing Applications in Drug Discovery

What are Oncogenes?

AI's use in Genomics

What are the Differences between Genotyping and DNA Sequencing?

Insight into Single-Cell Sequencing

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

Whole Genome Amplification in Forensics

Gene Mutations in the Fight Against HIV

Can we Inherit Trauma?

Genetics Behind Bitter Taste

What is Epitranscriptomics?

What are DNA Mixtures?

Hereditary Disease and Genetics

History of DNA

What is Evo-Devo?

What is DNA Profiling?

Electrophoresis: An Overview

How Can We Build Artificial Chromosomes?

What is Transcriptomics?

How Can Microplate Handlers Supercharge Your Genetic Research?

What Role does Genomics Play in Research and Development?

What is Polygenic Screening?

What is Pharmacogenetics?

What is Pyramid DNA?

Genetics of Fertility

Keep Out: Importance of Privacy in Genomics Research

Insight into Biobanking

Evolution of the Genetic Code

RNA Interference Therapeutics and Organ Transplantation

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

Whole Genome Amplification in Forensics

What is the Human Genome?

An Overview of Gene Silencing Techniques

Role of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) in Diagnosing Rare Diseases

Applications of Conditional Gene Knockout Technology

What is Forensic Epigenetics?

Investigating the Role of Genomics in Cancer Detection

Monogenic vs. Polygenic Diseases

Examining Microbial Diversity Using Functional Genomics

Immunogenetics: An Overview

Key Concerns Surrounding Genomic Data

A Guide to Understanding Gene Expression

Do Your Genetics Determine Your Intelligence?

Gene Knockout Method

Using CRISPR to Modify Viruses

What does the Future of Gene Therapy Look Like?

What Implications does the Dark Genome have within Precision Medicine?

How has Technology Transformed Genomics Research?

Analyzing DNA from Explosives

Role of DNA in Forensic Science

The Genome of the Microbiome

Trending Technologies: A Comprehensive Guide to PCR Equipment

ChIP-Sequencing: Deciphering Epigenetic Modifications and Gene Regulation

Prime Editing: The Next Big Genome Editing Technology?

What is Genetic Drift?

What is Automated Genotyping?

Latest Genetics and Genomics News and Research

Homer1 Gene Plays a Critical Role in Shaping Attention

Homer1 Gene Plays a Critical Role in Shaping Attention

Attention disorders such as ADHD involve a breakdown in our ability to separate signal from noise.

26 Dec 2025

Computational Tool Maps the Dance of Circadian Synchrony

Computational Tool Maps the Dance of Circadian Synchrony

What makes someone a "morning lark" or a "night owl?" Why does jet lag hit us so hard, and why do some people struggle each winter with seasonal affective disorder?

26 Dec 2025

Stem Cells Mimic Earliest Stages of Brain Development in a Dish

Stem Cells Mimic Earliest Stages of Brain Development in a Dish

Researchers have made great strides to understand early signs of autism. Studies have found that certain factors like genetics, sleep deprivation, excess fluid in the brain-and brain size-can increase the risk of neurodevelopmental conditions, like autism.

26 Dec 2025

Antibiotic Resistance: A Global Crisis Threatening Modern Medicine's Future

Antibiotic Resistance: A Global Crisis Threatening Modern Medicine's Future

Once a medical miracle, antibiotics are now losing their power. Across the world, common infections are becoming harder-and sometimes impossible-to treat. This new review paints a sobering picture of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR), tracing how bacteria and fungi are evolving faster than medicine can respond.

24 Dec 2025

Researchers Find Enzyme That Controls Fat Production, Offering New Drug Target

Researchers Find Enzyme That Controls Fat Production, Offering New Drug Target

Obesity is a global epidemic and a major cause of morbidity and mortality because it increases the risk for comorbidities, including heart disease and fatty liver disease (MASLD). Rates of these disorders have risen as the world increasingly adopts energy-dense diets and sedentary lifestyles.

24 Dec 2025

Stem Cell Models Offer Insights Into Early Brain Development and Autism

Stem Cell Models Offer Insights Into Early Brain Development and Autism

Researchers have made great strides to understand early signs of autism. Studies have found that certain factors like genetics, sleep deprivation, excess fluid in the brain-and brain size-can increase the risk of neurodevelopmental conditions, like autism.

24 Dec 2025

Genetic Factor "Fru" Influences Bees' Cooperative Food-Seeking Behavior

Genetic Factor "Fru" Influences Bees' Cooperative Food-Seeking Behavior

A team of biologists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), along with researchers from Bochum and Paris, has uncovered a genetic component underlying intricate social behaviors in bees.

24 Dec 2025

Mapping the Four Dimensional Organization of the Human Genome

Mapping the Four Dimensional Organization of the Human Genome

A new study challenges what's long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause inherited blindness.

23 Dec 2025

Study Challenges Long-Held Assumptions About Mendelian Retinal Disorders

Study Challenges Long-Held Assumptions About Mendelian Retinal Disorders

A new study challenges what's long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause inherited blindness.

23 Dec 2025

New vCATCH Method Maps Drug Binding Across Every Cell in the Body

New vCATCH Method Maps Drug Binding Across Every Cell in the Body

When you take a drug, where in your body does it actually go? For most medications, scientists can make only educated guesses about the answer to this question.

23 Dec 2025

Calcium Signaling Suppresses Lignin Accumulation in Pear Stone Cells

Calcium Signaling Suppresses Lignin Accumulation in Pear Stone Cells

Stone cells arise from lignified secondary cell walls and cause a gritty texture, reduced sweetness, and poor flavor in many pear cultivars.

23 Dec 2025

Protein MCL1 Emerges as a Central Regulator of Cancer Metabolism

Protein MCL1 Emerges as a Central Regulator of Cancer Metabolism

The researchers have succeeded in tracing two classic hallmarks of cancer – the evasion of apoptosis (a form of programmed cell death) and the dysregulation of energy metabolism – back to a common molecular mechanism.

23 Dec 2025

Foreign RsMYB28 Allele Boosts Glucosinolate Accumulation in Rapeseed

Foreign RsMYB28 Allele Boosts Glucosinolate Accumulation in Rapeseed

These bioactive compounds, found primarily in Brassicaceae plants, play crucial roles in plant defense, contribute to distinctive food flavors, and have potential health benefits, including cancer prevention.

23 Dec 2025

Wasatch Biolabs Announces Co-Marketing Agreement with Agilent to Advance Native-Read Targeted Sequencing

Wasatch Biolabs Announces Co-Marketing Agreement with Agilent to Advance Native-Read Targeted Sequencing

Wasatch BioLabs (WBL), a leader in native, long-read sequencing and epigenomic analysis, today announced a co-marketing agreement with Agilent Technologies to support the adoption of its Direct Targeted Methylation Sequencing (dTMS) platform.

22 Dec 2025

Researchers Map Gene Activation in Lethal Fungal Outbreaks

Researchers Map Gene Activation in Lethal Fungal Outbreaks

Scientists have discovered a genetic process which could unlock new ways to treat mysterious and deadly fungal infection which has shut down multiple hospital intensive care units.

22 Dec 2025

New Rat Study Reveals How Genetic Traits Ripple Through Social Microbiomes

New Rat Study Reveals How Genetic Traits Ripple Through Social Microbiomes

The gut microbiome - made up of trillions of microbes in the digestive tract - is vital for digestion and overall health. Diet and medication shape these microbial ecosystems, but the contribution of genetics has been more difficult to ascertain.

22 Dec 2025

Study Identifies Protein Target to Overcome Drug Resistance in NSCLC

Study Identifies Protein Target to Overcome Drug Resistance in NSCLC

Lung cancer is the second-most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in the United States.

22 Dec 2025

Condensates Introduce a New Paradigm in Cellular Bioelectricity

Condensates Introduce a New Paradigm in Cellular Bioelectricity

Many biological processes are regulated by electricity-from nerve impulses to heartbeats to the movement of molecules in and out of cells.

19 Dec 2025

Researchers Uncover Gene Control Elements Tied to Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers Uncover Gene Control Elements Tied to Alzheimer’s Disease

When most of us think of DNA, we have a vague idea it's made up of genes that give us our physical features, our behavioral quirks, and keep our cells and organs running.

19 Dec 2025

Genes Can Spread Their Effects Through Shared Microbes

Genes Can Spread Their Effects Through Shared Microbes

Your "roommate's" genes could be influencing the bacteria living in your gut, and vice versa, according to a study of rats published today in Nature Communications.

19 Dec 2025

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