One of the biggest hurdles in microbiology research is ensuring that the genomic data you use is accurate and traceable. When ...

A research team led by Professor Simona Giunta at the University of Rome La Sapienza has produced the first reference-quality genome assembly of an experimentally relevant human cell line, the widely ...

Do microorganisms truly reside in tumors, or do the samples become contaminated before sequencing occurs? A new computational ...

Genomic research holds incredible promise for improving human health, but one major challenge has slowed its progress: confusion over reference sequences. These sequences serve as blueprints for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. One of the most compelling use cases of AI is in healthcare, and over the past couple of years, the medical community has learned ...

A new artificial intelligence agent will help staff at the National Institutes of Health generate more detailed information on gene set work by interrogating its own output to help researchers sift ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Complex regions of the human genome remained uncharted, even after researchers sequenced the genome ...

Numerous genetic studies have identified many risk variants for type 2 diabetes (T2D)—but which genes and proteins are ...