When it comes to working with data in a tabular form, most people reach for a spreadsheet. That’s not a bad choice: Microsoft Excel and similar programs are familiar and loaded with functionality for ...

The goal of most microarray experiments is to survey patterns of gene expression by assaying the expression levels of thousands to tens of thousands of genes in a single assay. Typically, RNA is first ...

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The bankruptcy of 23andMe was an inflection point for the direct-to-consumer genetics market. Although the privacy of consumer data has been highlighted by many as a concern, we discuss another key ...