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Envisagenics, Inc., a biotechnology company that applies Artificial Intelligence to the genetic sequence of patients to discover new therapies, announced today that is has raised $2.35M in its seed round. The investors include Third Kind Venture Capital (3KVC), Cosine, LLC ...

On August 21st, as parts of the United States are treated to a total solar eclipse, astronomers all over the country took part in experiments to try to understand the plasma around the Sun, the Earth’s atmosphere and the ability of ...

Feedspot.com has compiled the most comprehensive list of Top 75 Bioinformatics Blogs on the internet and we’re very proud to announce that their panelists have selected the RNA-Seq Blog at #4 on their list.

An award for difficult RNA samples. Gene expression profiling using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) is empowering an ever-increasing range of researchers to answer highly relevant biological and medical questions. At Lexogen, we are dedicated to developing innovative technologies for NGS ...

Method of the Year 2016 Our Method of the Year 2016 is epitranscriptome analysis. This Special Feature looks at recent methodological advances that enable transcriptome-wide profiling of RNA modifications and discusses potential for biological discovery. We also highlight Methods to ...

The goal is to make it easier for science teachers to incorporate the latest advances in science into their curricula. The initiative, Discovering the Genome, was spearheaded by Kristin Field, director of programs at Penn’s Nano/Bio Interface Center, and Junhyong ...

The human genome is far more complex than thought, with genes functioning in an unexpected fashion that scientists have wrongly assumed must indicate cancer, research from the School of Medicine indicates. Hui Li, PhD, of the Department of Pathology and ...

In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers have identified and validated three distinct molecular subtypes of prostate cancer that correlate with distant metastasis-free survival and can assist in future research to determine how patients will respond to ...

Marco Onorati et al. describe the derivation and characterization, including single-cell RNA-seq, of neocortical and spinal cord neuroepithelial stem (NES) cells to model early human neurodevelopment and Zika virus (ZIKV)-related neuropathogenesis. By analyzing human NES cells, organotypic fetal brain slices, ...

AUSTIN, Texas — For 3 billion years, one of the major carriers of information needed for life, RNA, has had a glitch that creates errors when making copies of genetic information. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have ...