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

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

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What is Phenotypic Plasticity?

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Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

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Feature Articles

What is DNA-Encoded Libraries Technology (DELT)?

How do Viruses Steal Genetic Codes?

What is Base Editing?

How Can Microplate Handlers Supercharge Your Genetic Research?

Using DNA in Biodiversity Conservation

What is Transcriptomics?

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

Genome Editing Applications in Drug Discovery

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Role of NPSR1 Gene in Sleep

Could CRISPR be Used to Revive Extinct Species?

Role of Bioinformatics in Genome Analysis

Telomere Shortening and Stress

What does the Future of Gene Therapy Look Like?

What is the Epigenome?

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

What is Pharmacogenetics?

How could Gene Editing solve Food Allergies?

What is Genomics?

Insight into Biobanking

What is a Gene Mutation?

Optogenetics in Cellular Biology and Human Disease Models

How Worms May Hold the Secret to a Longer Life

Trending Technologies: A Guide to NGS Sequencers

Hereditary Disease and Genetics

Insight into Single-Cell Sequencing

What is DNA Profiling?

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

What is Genetics?

Types of Gene Editing

MicroRNA Silencing Cancer Therapies

Trending Technologies: A Comprehensive Guide to PCR Equipment

Could CRISPR be used to Create New Species?

Immunogenetics: An Overview

Importance of Diversity in Genomic Research

Insight into Genome Packaging in Viruses

Applications of Conditional Gene Knockout Technology

How has Technology Transformed Genomics Research?

What are the Differences between Genotyping and DNA Sequencing?

Importance of Making Single-Stranded DNA

Using Gene Expression to Determine Time of Death

What is Forensic Epigenetics?

What is Automated Genotyping?

Keep Out: Importance of Privacy in Genomics Research

What is a Genotype?

What Role does Functional Genomics Play in Pharmacology?

Using CRISPR to Modify Viruses

A History of Developmental Biology

DNA Methylation in Cancer

What are Oncogenes?

How CRISPR is Revolutionizing Biomedical Research

Discovering Extinct Species in Your DNA

The Genome of the Microbiome

What is Recombinant Mapping?

What is Genetic Drift?

Genetics Behind Bitter Taste

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

Genomics vs Genetics

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

Gene Knockout Method

Evolution of the Genetic Code

An Overview into Genetic Engineering

Monogenic vs. Polygenic Diseases

What is Epitranscriptomics?

Examining Microbial Diversity Using Functional Genomics

Advancements in Genome Editing

Genetics of Albinism

What is Antisense Technology?

Dissecting the Current Genomics Landscape

What is the Human Genome?

How Are Genes Born?

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Importance of Cell Heterogeneity for Genomics Research

What Role Does Epigenetics Play in Drug Discovery?

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

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

A Guide to Understanding Gene Expression

Role of Whole Genome Sequencing in Disease Diagnosis

Role of DNA in Forensic Science

Do Your Genetics Determine Your Intelligence?

How could Gene Editing Transform our Healthcare?

An Overview of Gene Silencing Techniques

What is Polygenic Screening?

Role of Trauma on Depression- Linked Genes

What are DNA ‘fingerprints’?

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

Epigenetics in Neurobiology

Exploring the Dark Genome

The Role of Retrotransposons in Shaping Human Genome Evolution

The Applications of Chromosome Conformation Capture (3C) Technology

What Impact do Our Genes have on Health and Disease?

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

How Does Your Ethnicity Affect Your Genetic Makeup?

Improving Antibody Affinity Using CRISPR

What is Molecular Phylogenetics?

What is Evo-Devo?

Key Concerns Surrounding Genomic Data

Predicting School Performance from DNA

Electrophoresis: An Overview

ChIP-Sequencing: Deciphering Epigenetic Modifications and Gene Regulation

Examining Microbial Diversity Using Functional Genomics

Can we Inherit Trauma?

Trending Technologies: A Guide to DNA Sequencers

Non-Coding DNA and its Role in Research

What are Transgenic Organisms?

Whole Genome Amplification in Forensics

What is Epigenomics?

Role of Long-Read Sequencing in Genomic Medicine

Whole Genome Amplification in Forensics

From DNA to Protein; The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology

What is CRISPR?

History of DNA

What are DNA Mixtures?

RNA Interference Therapeutics and Organ Transplantation

The Genetics of Trauma

DNA Higher-Order Structure Formation

Genetics of Fertility

Gene Mutations in the Fight Against HIV

How Can We Build Artificial Chromosomes?

Global Market Report: Gene Editing

What is Pyramid DNA?

Grow Up; The Genetics Behind Human Growth

What Role does Genomics Play in Research and Development?

AI's use in Genomics

What is Genetic Toxicology?

Analyzing DNA from Explosives

Genetic Testing in the fight against Alzheimer’s

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

What is Achondroplasia?

Prime Editing: The Next Big Genome Editing Technology?

Understanding Complex Biology Through Multi-Omics Integration

What Implications does the Dark Genome have within Precision Medicine?

Investigating the Role of Genomics in Cancer Detection

Searching for New Drugs using CRISPR

Latest Genetics and Genomics News and Research

New Research Challenges the Static View of Chromosome Shape

New Research Challenges the Static View of Chromosome Shape

An international team of researchers from the Francis Crick Institute, Imperial College London, Waseda University, and the Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research has reshaped the concept of chromosome shape, discovering that they are not always stable X-shaped structures but are constantly in flux as cell division occurs.

24 Sep 2025

SHAT2 Transcription Factor Influences Rice Seed Shattering and Grain Traits

SHAT2 Transcription Factor Influences Rice Seed Shattering and Grain Traits

In natural ecosystems, the timely abscission of seeds in wild plants is a crucial adaptive trait that contributes to reproductive success, population renewal, and colony expansion.

22 Sep 2025

Innovative Alternative Gene Editing Approach May Be Safer Than CRISPR

Innovative Alternative Gene Editing Approach May Be Safer Than CRISPR

Genetic editing holds promise to treat incurable diseases, but the most popular method - CRISPR - sometimes does more harm than good.

22 Sep 2025

Editing SlVI Gene Enhances Sugar Content and Disease Resistance in Tomato Fruit

Editing SlVI Gene Enhances Sugar Content and Disease Resistance in Tomato Fruit

Tomato fruit development relies on complex sugar metabolism, including the conversion of stored starch into sucrose, glucose, and fructose.

22 Sep 2025

Integrative Genomic Approaches Reveal Mechanisms of Garlic Storability

Integrative Genomic Approaches Reveal Mechanisms of Garlic Storability

Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is one of the world's most widely consumed spices and health supplements, with China producing 80% of the international supply.

22 Sep 2025

Study Uncovers the Molecular Basis of Synapse Development

Study Uncovers the Molecular Basis of Synapse Development

A team of scientists from the University of Cologne’s Institute of Biochemistry has discovered a significant finding about the molecular basis of synapse development in the central nervous system.

22 Sep 2025

Novel Chromosome Identification System Overcomes Longstanding Bottleneck in Alfalfa Cytogenetics

Novel Chromosome Identification System Overcomes Longstanding Bottleneck in Alfalfa Cytogenetics

Karyotype analysis is fundamental to understanding genetic makeup, diversity, and adaptation in plants. Yet, distinguishing individual chromosomes remains challenging in species with small, uniform chromosomes and complex polyploid genomes such as alfalfa.

22 Sep 2025

Study Uncovers How Cell Clustering Affects Glioblastoma Aggressiveness

Study Uncovers How Cell Clustering Affects Glioblastoma Aggressiveness

A new study, led by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, captured details of glioblastoma that had never before been seen and revealed a surprise finding: Glioblastoma cells that "cluster" together with other cells of the same type are less deadly than those that disperse from these clusters.

22 Sep 2025

PANoptosis Could Revolutionize Liver Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment

PANoptosis Could Revolutionize Liver Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment

Liver cancer, particularly hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), remains one of the deadliest cancers, driven by high recurrence and resistance to therapy.

22 Sep 2025

New Study Reveals How “Selfish Genes” Regulate Insects

New Study Reveals How “Selfish Genes” Regulate Insects

New study sheds light on one of genetics' most persistent mysteries: how the workings of the so-called “selfish gene’ could have managed to control dangerous insect populations.

19 Sep 2025

Advanced Statistical Method Reduces Noise in Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Data

Advanced Statistical Method Reduces Noise in Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Data

The world of cells is surprisingly noisy. Each cell carries unique genetic information, but when we try to measure cellular activity, signals can be lost or blurred, and differences between experiments can further obscure the data.

18 Sep 2025

Modified Cas9 Proteins Dramatically Lower Error Rates in Prime Editing

Modified Cas9 Proteins Dramatically Lower Error Rates in Prime Editing

A genome-editing technique known as prime editing holds potential for treating many diseases by transforming faulty genes into functional ones.

18 Sep 2025

USC Researchers Advance Toward Building Functional Synthetic Kidneys

USC Researchers Advance Toward Building Functional Synthetic Kidneys

A USC Stem Cell-led research team has achieved a major step forward in the effort to build mouse and human synthetic kidneys.

18 Sep 2025

Carbon Starvation Drives Metabolic and Epigenetic Reprogramming in Grapevine Cells

Carbon Starvation Drives Metabolic and Epigenetic Reprogramming in Grapevine Cells

Plants rely on sugars not only as energy sources but also as regulators of cellular activities. Carbon starvation disrupts central metabolism, impairs growth, and forces cells to recycle stored resources.

18 Sep 2025

The First Parent-Of-Origin Gene Atlas of The Mammary Gland

The First Parent-Of-Origin Gene Atlas of The Mammary Gland

This study maps dynamic gene expression in mouse mammary glands, revealing insights into lactation, maternal health, and breast cancer risk through imprinting.

18 Sep 2025

Tracing Evolutionary Roots of the Genetic Code

Tracing Evolutionary Roots of the Genetic Code

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make organisms function.

17 Sep 2025

Unique Cytochrome Protein Holds Key to Plant Survival and Metabolism

Unique Cytochrome Protein Holds Key to Plant Survival and Metabolism

Despite their fundamental differences, plants, animals, and fungi share certain metabolic processes.

17 Sep 2025

Reconstructing Human Mitochondrial Transcription in Unprecedented Detail

Reconstructing Human Mitochondrial Transcription in Unprecedented Detail

Aging, neurological diseases and our bodies' stress response are all linked to the tiny power plants inside each cell known as mitochondria.

17 Sep 2025

Discovery of R-Loops Reveals Key Vulnerability in HIV-1 Life Cycle

Discovery of R-Loops Reveals Key Vulnerability in HIV-1 Life Cycle

Researchers at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at Heidelberg University Hospital have decoded a previously unknown mechanism by which HIV-1 selects its integration targets in the human genome.

17 Sep 2025

Loss of Zfy Genes Explains Why Some Sperm Fail

Loss of Zfy Genes Explains Why Some Sperm Fail

A study at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa by researchers from the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) found that losing a crucial male fertility gene causes infertility and alters the expression of hundreds of other genes.

17 Sep 2025

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