Researchers have developed a light-induced DNA detection method that enables rapid, PCR-free genetic analysis. Their technique offers ultra-sensitive mutation detection in just five minutes ...

PCR genetic analysis has been in the spotlight since COVID-19, but light is now further facilitating PCR-free methods. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have developed a light-induced DNA ...

Credit: Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.07.034 Researchers have developed a tool that can bend DNA strands using light. The work represents a new way to probe the genome.

Aug 07, 2024 Innovative nano scissors enable precise enzyme-free DNA cleavage with light (Nanowerk Spotlight) Genetic engineering has brought us revolutionary advances in medicine, biotechnology, and ...

In a recent article published in Nature communications*, researchers described a technique of capturing two-dimensional (2D) light patterns into deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and using high ...

Programming DNA hybridization allows for synthetic genes to be assembled and large-scale nanostructures to be built. This process always relies on perfect sequence complementarity.

With the flick of a light, researchers have found a way to rearrange life's basic tapestry, bending DNA strands back on themselves to reveal the material nature of the genome.