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

Can we Inherit Trauma?

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What is Polygenic Screening?

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RNA Interference Therapeutics and Organ Transplantation

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Feature Articles

ChIP-Sequencing: Deciphering Epigenetic Modifications and Gene Regulation

Examining Microbial Diversity Using Functional Genomics

Improving Antibody Affinity Using CRISPR

Genetic Testing in the fight against Alzheimer’s

Do Your Genetics Determine Your Intelligence?

The Role of Retrotransposons in Shaping Human Genome Evolution

What is Transcriptomics?

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

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An Overview of Gene Silencing Techniques

Could CRISPR be Used to Revive Extinct Species?

What is Epigenomics?

Genetics Behind Bitter Taste

What is CRISPR?

Importance of Cell Heterogeneity for Genomics Research

Whole Genome Amplification in Forensics

What is Base Editing?

Key Concerns Surrounding Genomic Data

Keep Out: Importance of Privacy in Genomics Research

What are Oncogenes?

What is Pyramid DNA?

What is Genetic Toxicology?

Role of Whole Genome Sequencing in Disease Diagnosis

Importance of Diversity in Genomic Research

Role of Bioinformatics in Genome Analysis

Role of DNA in Forensic Science

DNA Methylation in Cancer

What is the Epigenome?

Predicting School Performance from DNA

Gene Mutations in the Fight Against HIV

What are the Differences between Genotyping and DNA Sequencing?

Investigating the Role of Genomics in Cancer Detection

What does the Future of Gene Therapy Look Like?

Using CRISPR to Modify Viruses

Genetics of Fertility

Exploring the Dark Genome

What is Phenotypic Plasticity?

What is DNA-Encoded Libraries Technology (DELT)?

Understanding Complex Biology Through Multi-Omics Integration

DNA Higher-Order Structure Formation

Discovering Extinct Species in Your DNA

What Implications does the Dark Genome have within Precision Medicine?

Evolution of the Genetic Code

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

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

What is a Genotype?

What is Forensic Epigenetics?

Non-Coding DNA and its Role in Research

Grow Up; The Genetics Behind Human Growth

How Can Microplate Handlers Supercharge Your Genetic Research?

Prime Editing: The Next Big Genome Editing Technology?

Whole Genome Amplification in Forensics

How could Gene Editing solve Food Allergies?

Epigenetics in Neurobiology

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

What is Pharmacogenetics?

An Overview into Genetic Engineering

How Can We Build Artificial Chromosomes?

What are Transgenic Organisms?

How has Technology Transformed Genomics Research?

Global Market Report: Gene Editing

A History of Developmental Biology

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

Genome Editing Applications in Drug Discovery

What is Epitranscriptomics?

Types of Gene Editing

What are DNA ‘fingerprints’?

What is Recombinant Mapping?

Role of NPSR1 Gene in Sleep

Searching for New Drugs using CRISPR

Analyzing DNA from Explosives

The Genetics of Trauma

The Applications of Chromosome Conformation Capture (3C) Technology

Using Gene Expression to Determine Time of Death

Importance of Making Single-Stranded DNA

Trending Technologies: A Comprehensive Guide to PCR Equipment

What is DNA Profiling?

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Trending Technologies: A Guide to NGS Sequencers

What is Genetics?

How Worms May Hold the Secret to a Longer Life

How do Viruses Steal Genetic Codes?

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

Telomere Shortening and Stress

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

What is a Gene Mutation?

Immunogenetics: An Overview

What is Genetic Drift?

What Role does Functional Genomics Play in Pharmacology?

Insight into Biobanking

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

Electrophoresis: An Overview

A Guide to Understanding Gene Expression

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

Insight into Single-Cell Sequencing

History of DNA

Dissecting the Current Genomics Landscape

Role of Trauma on Depression- Linked Genes

How Are Genes Born?

Monogenic vs. Polygenic Diseases

Insight into Genome Packaging in Viruses

Applications of Conditional Gene Knockout Technology

What Role does Genomics Play in Research and Development?

What is Genomics?

Using DNA in Biodiversity Conservation

What is the Human Genome?

From DNA to Protein; The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology

What is Molecular Phylogenetics?

Gene Knockout Method

Hereditary Disease and Genetics

Role of Long-Read Sequencing in Genomic Medicine

How Does Your Ethnicity Affect Your Genetic Makeup?

Advancements in Genome Editing

AI's use in Genomics

What Impact do Our Genes have on Health and Disease?

Examining Microbial Diversity Using Functional Genomics

How could Gene Editing Transform our Healthcare?

What is Achondroplasia?

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

Trending Technologies: A Guide to DNA Sequencers

Could CRISPR be used to Create New Species?

How CRISPR is Revolutionizing Biomedical Research

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

Optogenetics in Cellular Biology and Human Disease Models

What Role Does Epigenetics Play in Drug Discovery?

What is Automated Genotyping?

What is Evo-Devo?

What is Antisense Technology?

MicroRNA Silencing Cancer Therapies

Genomics vs Genetics

What are DNA Mixtures?

The Genome of the Microbiome

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

Genetics of Albinism

Latest Genetics and Genomics News and Research

New Discovery Reveals How HIV Infects Resting Immune Cells

New Discovery Reveals How HIV Infects Resting Immune Cells

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which HIV-1 can infect resting immune cells.

7 May 2026

New Non-Destructive Method Obtains Genetic Information From Living Cells

New Non-Destructive Method Obtains Genetic Information From Living Cells

Normally, cells must be lysed for a so-called transcriptome analysis - which reveals which genes are currently being expressed - making repeated measurements on the same cells impossible.

7 May 2026

UNC Professor Receives Grant to Investigate Origins of the Genetic Code

UNC Professor Receives Grant to Investigate Origins of the Genetic Code

Over the course of natural history, animals and plants have evolved to adapt to an ever-changing environment and increase the chances of survival. So, too, has our own DNA.

7 May 2026

CapyBio Launches New Analysis Services to Improve Cell Identity Engineering

CapyBio Launches New Analysis Services to Improve Cell Identity Engineering

CapyBio, a cell identity tools and services company, today announced the launch of three new commercial analysis services: Capybara™ Benchmarking Analysis, Capybara Advanced Analysis, and CellOracle™ Differentiation Optimization Analysis.

7 May 2026

Breakthrough CRISPR Discovery Enables Selective Destruction of Cancerous Cells

Breakthrough CRISPR Discovery Enables Selective Destruction of Cancerous Cells

Among the challenges in treating disease, including cancer, is wiping out malignancies, infection, contaminants or other pathologies, without destroying healthy tissue.

7 May 2026

Interactions Across the Genome Drive Neurodevelopmental Risks

Interactions Across the Genome Drive Neurodevelopmental Risks

People who have the same deletion of a section of chromosome 16 are susceptible to neurodevelopmental disorders; however, some may simply show moderate psychological symptoms like anxiety or depression, while others may have significant intellectual disability or developmental delay.

6 May 2026

New Study Reveals Mechanism Behind Early Plant Cell Wall Development

New Study Reveals Mechanism Behind Early Plant Cell Wall Development

Cell walls are a crucial structure of plant life, protecting cells from damage, giving plants shape, and containing energy-rich nutrients. And yet the process of how the walls begin to form remains mysterious.

5 May 2026

New Epigenetic Marker Reveals Lasting Impact of Arsenic Exposure

New Epigenetic Marker Reveals Lasting Impact of Arsenic Exposure

Public health experts estimate that more than 200 million people worldwide are exposed to arsenic through contaminated drinking water.

5 May 2026

AI Model Reads DNA Like Language to Trace Ancestry

AI Model Reads DNA Like Language to Trace Ancestry

Researchers at the University of Oregon have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can read genetic code the way large language models like ChatGPT read text. Scanning the genome for biological mutation patterns, the computer model traces pairs of genes back in time to their last common ancestor.

5 May 2026

Discovery Shows How Plants Prevent Excess Immune Responses

Discovery Shows How Plants Prevent Excess Immune Responses

Salicylic acid, the active molecule in aspirin and some acne medications, is a hormone in plants that is essential for immunity, but it's a double-edged sword: Too much can cause autoimmunity and stunt growth.

5 May 2026

Metabolic Pathway Loss Makes Cancer Cells Vulnerable to PARP Drugs

Metabolic Pathway Loss Makes Cancer Cells Vulnerable to PARP Drugs

Loss of an enzyme necessary for a process called lipoylation disrupts the way cancer cells copy their DNA, increasing their vulnerability to a class of anticancer drugs known as PARP inhibitors, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows.

5 May 2026

New Model Explains How Genetic Information Maintains Cellular Order

New Model Explains How Genetic Information Maintains Cellular Order

A Moffitt Cancer Center researcher has introduced a new model that addresses one of biology's most fundamental questions: How does genetic information keep living systems organized and therefore alive?

5 May 2026

Engineered Bacteriophage Speeds up the "Training" of Plastic-Eating Bacteria

Engineered Bacteriophage Speeds up the "Training" of Plastic-Eating Bacteria

Millions of tons of plastic waste build up in landfills and oceans each year. One promising approach is to engineer microbes to break plastic down into useful chemical building blocks.

4 May 2026

Genomic Tool TRACS Improves Tracking of Microbial Transmission Patterns

Genomic Tool TRACS Improves Tracking of Microbial Transmission Patterns

The research, published today (24 April) in Nature Microbiology, describes how the new tool, called TRAnsmision Clustering of Strains (TRACS), uses genomics to distinguish between closely related bacterial strains.

4 May 2026

Host Genetics and Sex Shape Evolution of Viral Virulence

Host Genetics and Sex Shape Evolution of Viral Virulence

During the early stages of a pandemic, viruses tend to evolve in ways that enhance their ability to reproduce and spread, rather than to evade the host's immune system.

4 May 2026

Building a Large-Scale Atlas of Female Reproductive System Aging

Building a Large-Scale Atlas of Female Reproductive System Aging

Despite affecting half of the world's population, menopause has historically been understudied and misunderstood, both in biomedical research and clinical practice.

30 Apr 2026

Accelerating Enzyme Discovery With the SMART Single-Molecule Screening System

Accelerating Enzyme Discovery With the SMART Single-Molecule Screening System

Enzymes are proteins that catalyze chemical reactions in living organisms. They are widely applied in industries such as food production, detergents, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals.

30 Apr 2026

Pronuclei Size Competition Maintains Gene Regulation in Early Embryos

Pronuclei Size Competition Maintains Gene Regulation in Early Embryos

The sperm and the egg cell's nuclei compete for size directly after fertilization and this is necessary for the proper embryonic development.

30 Apr 2026

AI Reveals Dynamic DNA Accessibility Within Nucleosome Structures

AI Reveals Dynamic DNA Accessibility Within Nucleosome Structures

Every cell in the human body squeezes over six feet of DNA into a miniscule speck invisible to the naked eye-like compressing a whole house into a single sugar cube.

30 Apr 2026

Stage-Dependent Gene Expression Changes Reveal Cellular Aging Dynamics

Stage-Dependent Gene Expression Changes Reveal Cellular Aging Dynamics

A new research paper was published in Volume 18 of Aging-US on April 10, 2026, titled "Stage-dependent transcriptomic changes in human dermal fibroblast senescence model."

30 Apr 2026

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