New tech lets scientists extract DNA from old grasshopper collections without damaging the specimens. This unlocks evolutionary data previously inaccessible due to DNA degradation.

Genetic anthropologist Jennifer Raff walks through the delicate and precise art of obtaining DNA samples from centuries-old human remains. The following is an excerpt from Origin: A Genetic History of ...

MANCHESTER, England & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yourgene Health plc (“Yourgene”, AIM: YGEN), a leading international molecular diagnostics group, today launched the Yourgene ® MagBench™ Automated ...

LONDON, 14 January 2024: LGC Biosearch Technologies™ has launched a nucleic acid extraction method, sbeadex™ Lightning. This product rapidly delivers high-purity DNA in high-yields, typically ...

Movie prop used by Sir Richard Attenborough in the film Jurassic Park on view at the Amazing Amber exhibition in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2013. Somewhere in South America, a miner finds a piece of ...

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Purigen Biosystems, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation technologies for extracting and purifying nucleic acids from biological samples, today announced ...

Challenge students to design their own experimental protocol to extract DNA from strawberries. By developing their own protocol and presenting their findings in a lab meeting, students learn the ...

Let's face it, we are a results-driven society. Too focused on the outcome, people don't often think about the "how." For instance, did you think about "how" you got to work this morning or did you ...