Metataxonomic studies of ecosystem microbiotas require the simultaneous processing of samples with contrasting physical and biochemical traits. However, there are no published studies of comparisons ...

Automated genomic DNA (gDNA) extraction is essential for ensuring reliable results in downstream molecular biology ...

BioEcho Life Sciences, the biotechnology company delivering rapid and sustainable nucleic acid extraction products, announces the EchoLUTION FFPE DNA Kit release, for an innovative way to extract DNA ...

While molecular ecology is widely recognized as a useful tool for studying soil biodiversity and health, there are significant barriers to implementing these techniques to samples collected in remote ...

Formalin-fixed paraffin embedding (FFPE) is employed in hospitals around the world to preserve and store clinical samples. However, extracting and purifying DNA from FFPE samples presents challenges, ...

RNA and DNA extraction kits take formalin-fixed tissue samples by storm, enabling superior quality and yields. Researchers using standard extraction protocols that heat samples to eliminate ...

The paradigm of precision medicine and population genomics is transitioning toward decentralized testing to expand the geographic reach of clinical trials and large-scale epidemiological studies.

Fragments of stone tools and occasional skeletal remains provide most of what we know about our cave-dwelling human ancestors and their Neanderthal cousins. But in the past 15 years, archaeologists ...

Call it the science of small, but a trio of University of Florida chemical engineers have developed a lab-on-a-chip process that could make a big difference for DNA research and, ultimately, patients.

In a recent study published in the Nature Journal, researchers described a new method to safely release deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) trapped inside the ancient tooth and bone artifacts, which was used ...

Preserving DNA in biological samples has long posed a challenge for researchers, but the process may be about to get a lot easier. Researchers and students at Northeastern's Ocean Genome Legacy Center ...