Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Club

An international summit on gene editing has begun in Washington. Scientists are meeting to discuss the implications of new biomedical tools for tweaking human DNA.

Source: The promise of gene editing – BBC News

New palm-sized, MiniION sequencer, costing around $1,000, designed to analyse DNA to help track disease outbreaks, check food and offer ‘the democratisation of sequencing’

Source: Handheld DNA reader revolutionary and democratising, say scientists

Despite known problems with contamination and mislabeled cell lines, most researchers continue to operate without authenticating cells’ identity.

Source: Scientists Skip Cell Line Validation | The Scientist Magazine®