This means, a custom gene library made of 1,000 genes with average length of 1.5 kilobase (kb) typically costs between $135,000 to $225,000, exceeding budgets of most R&D projects.

Since the beginning of the microbiome era decades ago, 16S rRNA gene-based amplicon sequencing has been widely adopted for microbial composition profiling. Many researchers might assume the 16S ...

Closely following the Mediterranean diet lowered the risk of dementia by at least 35% in people with two copies of the APOE4 gene, a major risk factor for Alzheimer's, according to a new study. "We ...