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 the Human Genome?

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Can we Inherit Trauma?

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What is Genomics?

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Feature Articles

How Are Genes Born?

History of DNA

Searching for New Drugs using CRISPR

What is Phenotypic Plasticity?

How Worms May Hold the Secret to a Longer Life

What is Epigenomics?

What is Genetic Drift?

Could CRISPR be Used to Revive Extinct Species?

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Insight into Single-Cell Sequencing

Genetics Behind Bitter Taste

What does the Future of Gene Therapy Look Like?

An Overview of Gene Silencing Techniques

The Applications of Chromosome Conformation Capture (3C) Technology

Genome Editing Applications in Drug Discovery

Genomics vs Genetics

Do Your Genetics Determine Your Intelligence?

Trending Technologies: A Guide to DNA Sequencers

What Implications does the Dark Genome have within Precision Medicine?

Using Gene Expression to Determine Time of Death

What is a Genotype?

Advancements in Genome Editing

DNA Higher-Order Structure Formation

Examining Microbial Diversity Using Functional Genomics

What is Polygenic Screening?

What is Base Editing?

What is Molecular Phylogenetics?

Predicting School Performance from DNA

The Role of Retrotransposons in Shaping Human Genome Evolution

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

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

Applications of Conditional Gene Knockout Technology

Importance of Cell Heterogeneity for Genomics Research

Global Market Report: Gene Editing

What is Recombinant Mapping?

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

Telomere Shortening and Stress

What is Epitranscriptomics?

What is Pharmacogenetics?

What is Forensic Epigenetics?

What are Transgenic Organisms?

Examining Microbial Diversity Using Functional Genomics

Role of DNA in Forensic Science

MicroRNA Silencing Cancer Therapies

Using CRISPR to Modify Viruses

What is Achondroplasia?

Keep Out: Importance of Privacy in Genomics Research

What are the Differences between Genotyping and DNA Sequencing?

What are DNA ‘fingerprints’?

A Guide to Understanding Gene Expression

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

RNA Interference Therapeutics and Organ Transplantation

The Genetics of Trauma

Grow Up; The Genetics Behind Human Growth

Prime Editing: The Next Big Genome Editing Technology?

From DNA to Protein; The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology

A History of Developmental Biology

Role of Long-Read Sequencing in Genomic Medicine

What is Pyramid DNA?

Dissecting the Current Genomics Landscape

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

Discovering Extinct Species in Your DNA

Role of NPSR1 Gene in Sleep

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

ChIP-Sequencing: Deciphering Epigenetic Modifications and Gene Regulation

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

How Can Microplate Handlers Supercharge Your Genetic Research?

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

What is Transcriptomics?

Immunogenetics: An Overview

Optogenetics in Cellular Biology and Human Disease Models

How Can We Build Artificial Chromosomes?

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

Whole Genome Amplification in Forensics

Types of Gene Editing

DNA Methylation in Cancer

Gene Mutations in the Fight Against HIV

Genetics of Fertility

How CRISPR is Revolutionizing Biomedical Research

Evolution of the Genetic Code

Analyzing DNA from Explosives

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

What are Oncogenes?

What is Automated Genotyping?

Role of Trauma on Depression- Linked Genes

How Does Your Ethnicity Affect Your Genetic Makeup?

How could Gene Editing Transform our Healthcare?

What Role does Functional Genomics Play in Pharmacology?

Trending Technologies: A Guide to NGS Sequencers

What is DNA Profiling?

Importance of Diversity in Genomic Research

Could CRISPR be used to Create New Species?

Genetics of Albinism

Insight into Genome Packaging in Viruses

Hereditary Disease and Genetics

What is DNA-Encoded Libraries Technology (DELT)?

Role of Whole Genome Sequencing in Disease Diagnosis

How could Gene Editing solve Food Allergies?

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

Investigating the Role of Genomics in Cancer Detection

Using DNA in Biodiversity Conservation

Non-Coding DNA and its Role in Research

What is Antisense Technology?

Genetic Testing in the fight against Alzheimer’s

Gene Knockout Method

What Role does Genomics Play in Research and Development?

What is Genetic Toxicology?

What Impact do Our Genes have on Health and Disease?

What is Genetics?

Key Concerns Surrounding Genomic Data

Epigenetics in Neurobiology

What are DNA Mixtures?

Whole Genome Amplification in Forensics

How do Viruses Steal Genetic Codes?

lncRNAs in Human Disease

AI's use in Genomics

An Overview into Genetic Engineering

Electrophoresis: An Overview

Exploring the Dark Genome

The Genome of the Microbiome

Role of Bioinformatics in Genome Analysis

What is the Epigenome?

Monogenic vs. Polygenic Diseases

Trending Technologies: A Comprehensive Guide to PCR Equipment

What is CRISPR?

What is a Gene Mutation?

What is Evo-Devo?

Improving Antibody Affinity Using CRISPR

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

Insight into Biobanking

Importance of Making Single-Stranded DNA

How has Technology Transformed Genomics Research?

Understanding Complex Biology Through Multi-Omics Integration

What Role Does Epigenetics Play in Drug Discovery?

Latest Genetics and Genomics News and Research

Prehistoric Genome Pushes Back Origins of Treponemal Diseases in the Americas

Prehistoric Genome Pushes Back Origins of Treponemal Diseases in the Americas

Scientists have recovered a genome of Treponema pallidum – the bacterium whose subspecies today are responsible for four treponemal diseases, including syphilis – from 5,500-year-old human remains in Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia.

24 Jan 2026

Symbiotic Bacteria Use Flagella to Drill Through Tight Biological Passages

Symbiotic Bacteria Use Flagella to Drill Through Tight Biological Passages

How can bacteria squeeze through spaces narrower than a human hair is thick? A research team in Japan led by Dr. Daisuke Nakane and Dr. Tetsuo Kan at the University of Electro-Communications, Dr. Hirofumi Wada at Ritsumeikan University, and Dr. Yoshitomo Kikuchi at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have revealed the answer: they drill their way through.

24 Jan 2026

Single Enzyme Enables Low-Cost Synthesis of All RNA Nucleotides

Single Enzyme Enables Low-Cost Synthesis of All RNA Nucleotides

A single enzyme that can generate all four nucleotide triphosphates, the building blocks of ribonucleic acid (RNA), was identified by researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo.

24 Jan 2026

Large African Ancestry Genetic Study Reveals Shared Biology Of Schizophrenia

Large African Ancestry Genetic Study Reveals Shared Biology Of Schizophrenia

A team of researchers led by scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, and the Department of Veterans Affairs has conducted the largest and most comprehensive genome-wide association study (GWAS) to date of schizophrenia in individuals of African ancestry.

24 Jan 2026

Maternal And Fetal Cell Exchange Shapes Health Across Multiple Generations

Maternal And Fetal Cell Exchange Shapes Health Across Multiple Generations

During pregnancy, maternal and fetal cells migrate back and forth across the placenta, with fetal cells entering the mother's bloodstream and tissues.

24 Jan 2026

MYC Gene's Dual Role in Cancer Growth and Immune Suppression

MYC Gene's Dual Role in Cancer Growth and Immune Suppression

The cancer gene MYC camouflages tumors by suppressing alarm signals that normally activate the immune system.

24 Jan 2026

Protein Translation Enzyme Governs Macrophage Maturation and Tissue Homeostasis

Protein Translation Enzyme Governs Macrophage Maturation and Tissue Homeostasis

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that an enzyme involved in protein translation is essential for circulating immune cells, called monocytes, to mature into tissue-resident macrophages, a specialized population of immune cells that maintain organ health by clearing dead cells and debris.

24 Jan 2026

Bioinformatic Framework Reconstructs Evolutionary History of Complex Polyploid Genomes

Bioinformatic Framework Reconstructs Evolutionary History of Complex Polyploid Genomes

Whole-genome duplication has repeatedly reshaped plant genomes and driven evolutionary innovation, ecological adaptation, and crop diversification.

24 Jan 2026

Why the Brain Never Stops Trying to Replace Myelin-Producing Cells

Why the Brain Never Stops Trying to Replace Myelin-Producing Cells

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine, utilizing mouse models, reveal that oligodendrocyte precursor cells differentiate at a consistent, extensive rate throughout adulthood.

23 Jan 2026

Early Social Life Influences Infant Gut Bacteria

Early Social Life Influences Infant Gut Bacteria

Social interaction among babies in their first year of life influences and enriches the diversity of their gut microbial strains, based on the findings of a study on microbiome transmission.

22 Jan 2026

Coordinated Gene Regulation Drives Saponin Production

Coordinated Gene Regulation Drives Saponin Production

Triterpenoid saponins are widely valued for their diverse pharmacological activities and also play important defensive roles in plants.

22 Jan 2026

DHPS Enzyme Deficiency Impairs Macrophage Development and Tissue Repair

DHPS Enzyme Deficiency Impairs Macrophage Development and Tissue Repair

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that an enzyme involved in protein translation is essential for circulating immune cells, called monocytes, to mature into tissue-resident macrophages, a specialized population of immune cells that maintain organ health by clearing dead cells and debris.

22 Jan 2026

Freeze Thaw Cycles Reveal How Lipid Membranes Shape Early Protocell Evolution

Freeze Thaw Cycles Reveal How Lipid Membranes Shape Early Protocell Evolution

Modern cells are complex chemical entities with cytoskeletons, finely regulated internal and external molecules, and genetic material that determines nearly every aspect of their functioning.

21 Jan 2026

Hidden Sperm RNA Remodeling With Age May Impact Next Generation

Hidden Sperm RNA Remodeling With Age May Impact Next Generation

Increasing paternal age has been linked to elevated health risks for the next generation, including higher risks of obesity and stillbirth. But what drives this increased risk remains unknown.

21 Jan 2026

Yeast-Based Platform Achieves Animal-Free High Quality Chondroitin Sulfate

Yeast-Based Platform Achieves Animal-Free High Quality Chondroitin Sulfate

By systematically redesigning multiple metabolic modules inside Komagataella phaffii, the researchers achieved both high product yield and high sulfation quality, two goals that have long been difficult to reach at the same time.

21 Jan 2026

First Fully Synthetic Bacteriophage Engineering System for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterium

First Fully Synthetic Bacteriophage Engineering System for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterium

Bacteriophages have been used therapeutically to treat infectious bacterial diseases for over a century.

21 Jan 2026

How Far-Red Light Stops Biofilms in Drug-Resistant Bacteria

How Far-Red Light Stops Biofilms in Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Light is a fundamental signal affecting every form of life. Cycles of light and dark help set the biological clocks in organisms from unicellular bacteria to humans.

21 Jan 2026

Engineered Human Skin Acts as a Living Biosensor for Inflammation

Engineered Human Skin Acts as a Living Biosensor for Inflammation

Implanted living skin-based biosensors offer a breakthrough in inflammation tracking, providing real-time biomarker monitoring without invasive procedures.

21 Jan 2026

Bacteria Use One Simple Strategy to Navigate Complex Worlds

Bacteria Use One Simple Strategy to Navigate Complex Worlds

Just like every other creature, bacteria have evolved creative ways of getting around. Sometimes this is easy, like swimming in open water, but navigating more confined spaces poses different challenges.

19 Jan 2026

Decoding the Molecular Logic of Histamine Signaling in the Brain

Decoding the Molecular Logic of Histamine Signaling in the Brain

Many people are familiar with histamine, a biological molecule, that serves as a key driver of allergic reactions and other immune responses.

19 Jan 2026

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