The deoxy- means that on one side of the base pair, there's a place where another base pair can attach itself by way of a complementary functional group, like Lego bricks, or a lock and key.

The import ban on Illumina's NGS sequencers follows its placement on China's Ministry of Commerce's (MOFCOM) ‘Unreliable Entity List’ last month. Image credit: JHVEPhoto via Shutterstock.

Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) on Monday lowered its adjusted profit outlook and cut spending costs for 2025 as the company grapples with a Chinese ban on its gene sequencers. Illumina now expects fiscal ...

Illumina has been barred from exporting its DNA sequencers to China, which closed its doors to the company in response to the Trump administration expanding its tariffs on the country. Previously ...

The Chinese government took its economic sanctions against San Diego-based Illumina a step further Tuesday by banning the gene-sequencing company from importing its machines to the country.

Illumina has been prohibited from exporting its genetic sequencers to China, a day after the U.S. doubled tariffs on imports of all Chinese goods to 20% in President Donald Trump’s escalating ...

China banned the import of Illumina Inc. gene-sequencing machines as part of a wave of retaliatory measures against fresh US tariffs on all Chinese goods, deepening the US company’s woes in one ...

At a launch event on Feb. 20, Roche detailed plans to enter Illumina's sequencing stronghold with a new platform. Roche's platform is in testing now and scheduled to launch commercially in 2026.

China has banned the import of Illumina’s next-generation sequencing (NGS) sequencers as part of retaliatory measures against fresh tariffs imposed on the country by the Trump administration on ...

Illumina and next-gen sequencing (NGS) are synonymous. But to anyone paying attention, the company’s recent emphasis on multiomics has been hard to miss. Indeed, the company has launched both ...