You’ve heard of the CSI effect, right? It’s this wacky “syndrome” whereby we’ve watched so much CSI Miami and Law and Order that we can’t fully put our weight behind a verdict without some solid DNA ...
Amateur detectives can now get “the DNA-copying power of a professional lab” in a “gadget the size of a coffeemaker.” The OpenPCR box replicates small samples of DNA until there are billions of ...
A gene gun prototype made from wood and a bicycle pump. Photo: medicalmuseion / Flickr.#### The next generation of DIYBio tools are coming, and this time they mean business. The DIYBio (or ...
On Tuesday (November 4th), Chai Biotechnologies launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for its Open qPCR, the dubbed world’s “first open source Real-Time PCR Thermocycler.” The instrument, which ...
When you think of DIY hardware, genetic research tools are not something that typically comes to mind. But [Stacey] and [Matt]’s OpenPCR project aims to enable anyone to do polymerase chain reaction ...