Record-breaking DNA comparisons drive fast forensics
Developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, IdPrism and its award-winning algorithms provide rapid analysis for complex forensic DNA samples.
Developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, IdPrism and its award-winning algorithms provide rapid analysis for complex forensic DNA samples.
Researchers develop a new microscopy system for creating maps of cells, using chemical reactions to encode spatial information.
Scientists from the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Genomes instrument team develop method to detect the tiniest traces of life on other planetary bodies.
Researchers identify and develop new CRISPR-associated transposase system for targeted integration of DNA, adding key capabilities to gene-editing technology.
Compound that knocks out a DNA repair pathway enhances cisplatin treatment and helps prevent drug-resistance.
Fluorescent tagging system can expedite the process of designing genes and personalizing medicine.
Professor Gerald Fink, a pioneer in the field of genetics, delivers the annual Killian Lecture.
Rights are protected for broad use in developing world and for public health needs.
MIT-led team uses nanoparticles to deliver genes into plant chloroplasts.
Overactive repair system promotes cell death following DNA damage by certain toxins, study shows.
The need to produce just the right amount of protein is behind the striking uniformity of sizes.
CRISPR team harnesses new Cas12b enzyme for use in eukaryotic cells, adding to the CRISPR toolbox.
Whitehead Institute researchers uncover a group of introns in yeast that possess surprising stability and function.
Computer program can translate a free-form 2-D drawing into a DNA structure.
Researchers develop a method to investigate how bacteria respond to starvation and to identify which proteins bind to the “magic spot” — ppGpp.