Technique could accelerate the development and use of gene therapies for such killers as heart disease, cancer, and Parkinson’s disease

Researchers were able to use mini-barcodes containing only about 30 per cent of the standard DNA barcode

Changing something as simple as how labels are barcoded can increase the safety of the immunization system

Performance and productivity expectations for the modern laboratory have never been higher. Test results must be accurate, timely, and provided in the most cost-effective way possible. Fortunately for lab managers, automation technology has advanced.

Using DNA barcoding technology, University of Guelph researchers have found that 25 per cent of fish are mislabelled and in a majority of the cases, the fillets are sold as species of higher values.

It is a question that is all too familiar in todays labs. We have to automate our laboratory, but how?