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The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), on December 02, 2019, brought to life an event that...
The NIST Genome Editing Consortium seeks feedback on terms and definitions specific to genome editing. The purpose of this project is to encourage the use of a...
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently completed a large international study * that establishes two-dimensional...
A workshop to take place April 23-24, 2018 on the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland will explore the measurement and standards needs of stakeholders across...
In movies and TV shows, dolphins are often portrayed as heroes who save humans through remarkable feats of strength and tenacity. Now dolphins could save the...
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—With the addition of four new reference materials (RMs) to a growing collection of “measuring sticks” for gene sequencing, the National...
A new study that assesses the accuracy of modern human-genome-sequencing technologies found that some medically significant portions of an individual's DNA...
A first-ever interlaboratory study of four versions of a therapeutic protein drug—all manufactured from living cells—reports that an established analytical tool...
The world's first reference material to help ensure laboratories accurately "map" DNA for genetic testing, medical diagnoses and future customized drug...
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers at the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR) have demonstrated the most...
In December 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first high-throughput DNA sequencer (also known commonly as a "gene sequencer"), an...
As new high-throughput "Next Generation" DNA sequencing methods are moving into clinical applications, understanding accuracy of variants is critical. Numerous...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new reference material—a sort of standardized sample—of cellular scaffolds for use in...
A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND FEDERAL MARKETPLACE EVENT TEDCO, NIST and NIH Present Bio-imaging Technologies For Commercial Adoption On Tuesday, October 6, 2009...
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The bacterium behind one of mankind's deadliest scourges, tuberculosis, is helping researchers at the Commerce Department's National Institute...
Generations of mothers have served up chicken soup to remedy the common cold, but now the therapeutic fowl may find use in diagnosis as well. Researchers at the...