Illumina, a global company that specializes in genomic analysis, announced on Jan. 14 the sale of a new "factory-scale" genetic sequencing machine that makes sequencing more affordable than ...

Now, sequencing is about to get even cheaper. At an industry event in San Diego today, genomics behemoth Illumina unveiled what it calls its fastest, most cost-efficient sequencing machines yet ...

The Helicos machine gets about 9 million sequence reads for each reaction chamber, and a refrigerator-sized machine contains 50 reaction chambers. Do the math, ...

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a severe autoimmune disease with complex genetic causes. Some genetic contributors have been ...

The big news from the JP Morgan investment conference today is the announcement of a brand new shiny sequencing machine from Illumina, the HiSeq 2000.The new machine boasts an impressive set of ...

THERE is a new entrant in the race to speed up DNA sequencing. Modern sequencing machines rely on the decades-old Sanger method. While automation and refinements have dramatically increased its ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ICON plc, (NASDAQ: ICLR) a global provider of drug development solutions and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced ...

Activist investor Carl Icahn is set to win enough Illumina Inc shareholder support to install at least one of his three nominees to the gene sequencing machine maker's board, two people familiar ...

Gene sequencing machine maker Illumina on Tuesday forecast 2024 sales from its core segment to decline, a sign that subdued demand for its instruments used in genetic tests could extend further ...

In 2014 it became possible to sequence human genomes, at volume, for $1,000 a time—a development that will ensure a further surge in 2015 in the quantity of human genetic information that is ...