Most recent articles are at the top. Some are behind a paywall.
- Who Needs Hard Drives? Scientists Store Film Clip in DNA, by Gina Kolata. New York Times, July 12, 2017.
- Breast-Feeding the Microbiome, by Ed Yong. The New Yorker, July 22, 2016.
- Scientists Announce HGP-Write, Project to Synthesize the Human Genome, by Andrew Pollack. New York Times, June 2, 2016.
- People Who Avoided Illness Could Be Key in Treating Those Who Didn't, by Gina Kolata. New York Times, April 11, 2016.
- Team of Rival Scientists Comes Together to Fight Zika, by Amy Harmon. New York Times, March 30, 2016.
- From Ebola to Zika, tiny mobile lab gives real-time DNA data on outbreaks, by Lisa O'Carroll. The Guardian, February 3, 2016.
- Illumina’s Bid to Beat Cancer with DNA Tests, by Antonio Regalado. MIT Technology Review, January 10, 2016.
- Data Storage on DNA Can Keep It Safe for Centuries, by John Markoff. December 3, 2015.
- Inside Illumina’s Plans to Lure Consumers with an App Store for Genomes, by Antonio Regalado. MIT Technology Review, August 19, 2015.
- Meet Deep Genomics, a start-up bringing the power of deep learning to genomics, by Matt McFarland. Washington Post, July 22, 2015.
- Sequencing the genome creates so much data we don’t know what to do with it, by Robert Gebelhoff. Washington Post, July 7, 2015.
- Tracing the Ebola Outbreak, Scientists Hunt a Silent Epidemic, by Sheri Fink. New York Times, May 5, 2015.
- Ancient DNA Tells a New Human Story, by Matt Ridley. Wall Street Journal, May 1, 2015.
- U.S. proposes effort to analyze DNA from 1 million people, by Toni Clarke and Sharon Begley. Reuters, January 30, 2015.
- Man's Genome From 45,000 Years Ago Is Reconstructed, by Carl Zimmer. New York Times, October 22, 2014.
- Finding Clues in Genes of "Exceptional Responders", by Gina Kolata. New York Times, October 8, 2014.
- This Bizarre Organism Builds Itself a New Genome Every Time It Has Sex, by Greg Miller. Wired, September 17, 2014.
- Fighting Poisons With Bacteria, by Carina Storrssept. New York Times, September 15, 2014.
- Studying Ebola, Then Dying From It, by Pardis Sabeti. New York Times, September 5, 2014.
- Tuberculosis Is Newer Than Thought, Study Says, by Carl Zimmer. New York Times, August 20, 2014.
- Cancer and the Secrets of Your Genes, by Theodora Ross. New York Times, August 16, 2014.
- One of a Kind, By Seth Mnookin. The New Yorker, July 21, 2014.
- Searching for Answers in Very Old DNA, by Claudia Dreifus. New York Times, June 23, 2014.
- In a First, Test of DNA Finds Root of Illness, by Carl Zimmer. New York Times, June 4, 2014.
- How Flesh-Eating Strep Bacteria Evolved Into an Epidemic, by Matt Simon. New York Times, June 4, 2014.
- Fearing Punishment for Bad Genes by Kira Peikoff. New York Times, April 7, 2014.
- Out of Siberian Ice, a Virus Revived by Carl Zimmer. New York Times, March 3, 2014.
- A Powerful New Way to Edit DNA by Andrew Pollack. New York Times, March 3, 2014.
- The Mammoth Cometh by Nathaniel Rich. New York Times, Feb 27, 2014.
- Tracing Ancestry, Researchers Produce a Genetic Atlas of Human Mixing Events by Nicholas Wade. New York Times, Feb 13, 2014.
- A Catalog of Cancer Genes That's Done, or Just a Start by Carl Zimmer . New York Times, Feb 6, 2014.
- The $1,000 Genome Arrives - For Real, This Time by Matthew Herper. Forbes, January 14, 2014.
- Aiming to Push Genomics Forward in New Study by Andrew Pollack. New York Times, January 13, 2014.
- I Had My DNA Picture Taken, With Varying Results by Kira Peikoff. New York Times, December 30, 2013.
- Baffling 400,000-Year-Old Clue to Human Origins by Carl Zimmer. New York Times, December 4, 2013.
- FDA Approves New Gene-Sequencing Devices by Thomas M. Burton. The Wall Street Journal, November 20, 2013.
- Frederick Sanger, 95, Two-Time Winner of Nobel and Pioneer in Genetics, Dies by Denise Gellene. New York Times, November 20, 2013.
- Same Gene Mutations Tied to 12 Cancers by Ron Winslow. The Wall Street Journal, October 16, 2013.
- Biology's Big Problem: There's Too Much Data to Handle by Emily Singer. Wired, October 11, 2013.
- DNA Double Take by Carl Zimmer. New York Times, September 16, 2013.
- A Family Consents to a Medical Gift, 62 Years Later by Carl Zimmer. New York Times, August 7, 2013.
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The DNA Data Deluge by Michael C. Schatz and Ben Langmead. IEEE Spectrum, June 27, 2013.
We got slashdotted!
- Studying Tumors Differently, in Hopes of Outsmarting Them by Carl Zimmer. New York Times, June 27, 2013.
- DNA Buried 7,000 Centuries Is Retrieved by Nicholas Wade. New York Times, June 26, 2013.
- Father's genetic quest pays off by Brendan Maher. Nature News, June 26, 2013.
- Sizing Up Big Data, Broadening Beyond the Internet by Steve Lohr. New York Times, Bits Blog, June 19, 2013.
- Medieval skeletons give clues to leprosy origins by Melissa Hogenboom. BBC News, June 13, 2013.
- Accord Aims to Create Trove of Genetic Data by Gina Kolata. New York Times, June 9, 2013.
- Some of My Best Friends Are Germs by Michael Pollan. New York Times Magazine, May 15, 2013.
- DNA Research Points to New Insight Into Cancers by Gina Kolata. New York Times, May 1, 2013.
- Cancer Centers Racing to Map Patients' Genes by Anemona Hartocollis. New York Times, April 21, 2013.
- "Living Fossil" Fish Gets Its Genome Sequenced by Amy Maxmen. ScienceNOW, April 18, 2013.
- The troubles with storing - and sharing - the Universe and our DNA by Sean Gallagher. Ars Technica, April 16, 2013.
- New Weight Loss Tactic: Jostle Those Gut Bacteria by Denise Grady. New York Times, March 27, 2013.
- The Gene Machine and Me by Eliza Strickland. IEEE Spectrum, March, 2013.
- DNA Test for Rare Disorders Becomes More Routine by Gina Kolata. New York Times, February 18, 2013.
- Medicine for the Rich Is About to Get Cheap Enough for Regular People by Daniela Hernandez. Wired, February 14, 2013.
- Genomic Analysis, the Office Edition by Anne Eisenberg. New York Times, February 2, 2013.
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Half a Million DVDs of Data Stored in Gram of DNA by Robert F. Service. ScienceNOW, January 24, 2013.
The paper described: Goldman et al.
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New Mutations Discovered in Melanomas by Gina Kolata. New York Times, January 24, 2013.
The two papers described: Huang et al., Horn et al.
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Pap Test Could Help Find Cancers of Uterus and Ovaries by Denise Grady. New York Times, January 9, 2013.
Paper described: Kinde et al.
- Top Genetic Findings of 2012 by ScottH. The 23andMe blog, December 20, 2012.
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Infant DNA Tests Speed Diagnosis of Rare Diseases by Gina Kolata. New York Times, October 3, 2012.
Paper described: Saunders et al.
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Study Divides Breast Cancer Into Four Distinct Types by Gina Kolata. New York Times, September 23, 2012.
Describes a finding from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)
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Cancer Study Points to Tighter Pairing of Drugs and Patients by Gina Kolata. New York Times, September 9, 2012.
Describes a finding from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)
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Far From Junk, DNA Dark Matter Plays Crucial Role by Gina Kolata. New York Times, September 5, 2012.
Describes the ENCODE project
- Genome Detectives Solve Mystery of a Deadly Hospital Outbreak by Gina Kolata. New York Times, August 22, 2012.
- Me, myself, us: Looking at human beings as ecosystems that contain many collaborating and competing species could change the practice of medicine. The Economist, August 18, 2012. (On the cover)
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Reading and Writing a Book With DNA by Emily Waltz. IEEE Spectrum, August 16, 2012.
This project uses Bowtie 2 in the process of "arranging" the sequence.
- A Contest for Sequencing Genomes Has Its First Entry in Ion Torrent by Andrew Pollack. New York Times "Bits" Blog, July 23, 2012.
- Genetic Gamble: New Approaches to Fighting Cancer by Gina Kolata. New York Times, July 7, 2012.
- Tending the Body's Microbial Garden by Carl Zimmer. New York Times, June 18, 2012.
- Gene therapy: Genetic mutations predict which cancers will respond to treatment. The Economist, June 16, 2012.
- In Good Health? Thank Your 100 Trillion Bacteria by Gina Kolata. New York Times, June 13, 2012.
- DNA Blueprint for Fetus Built Using Tests of Parents by Andrew Pollack. New York Times, June 6, 2012.
- Amazon Takes Genomics Research to the Clouds by Caleb Garling. Wired, April 10, 2012.
- Amazon Web Services' Big Free Genetic Database by Quentin Hardy. New York Times "Bits" Blog, March 29, 2012.
- Cost of Gene Sequencing Falls, Raising Hopes for Medical Advances. New York Times, March 7, 2012.
- Company Unveils DNA Sequencing Device Meant to Be Portable, Disposable and Cheap by Andrew Pollack. New York Times, February 17, 2012.
- Combing the Cancer Genome: A guided tour through the main online resources for analyzing cancer genomics data by Carina Storrs. The Scientist, March 1, 2012.
- Chinese Crunch Human Genome With Videogame Chips by Eric Smalley. Wired, January 6, 2012.
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DNA Sequencing Caught in Deluge of Data by Andrew Pollack. New York Times, November 30, 2011.
With a quote from Mike Schatz
- Sequencing Machine Helped Trace Cholera in Haiti by Andrew Pollack. New York Times "Prescriptions" Blog, December 10, 2010.
