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April 6, 2022 at 2:30 pm Genomics mitapplysci

Complete, gapless human genome sequence published

The T2T consortium have published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project produced the first draft human genome sequence. Having a complete, gap-free sequence of the roughly 3...

April 14, 2017 at 3:06 pm Disease, Genomics mitapplysci

CRISPR platform targets RNA and DNA to detect cancer, Zika

Broad and Wyss scientists have used an RNA-targeting CRISPR enzyme to detect the presence of as little as a single target molecule. SHERLOCK (Specific High Sensitivity Enzymatic Reporter UnLOCKing) could one day be used to respond to viral...