Q&A: Algorithm achieves near end-to-end genome assembly without ultra-long DNA sequencing

Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed a new algorithm capable of building complete human genomes using standard ...

Young woman battles rare genetic disorder that puts her at constant risk of cancer

Bella Grambau has been told she is the only person in Australia and one of only a handful of people in the world with a rare ...

The myth that women are more naturally empathetic than men

Scientific research is up-ending age-old gender stereotypes about empathy – and revealing new ways of thinking about ...
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Scientists finally reveal the cause of agonizing statin side effects

Since statins first came to market in the late 1980s, muscle aches, weakness, and fatigue have driven many patients to ...
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All blue-eyed people share this 1 hidden trait

Every blue-eyed person you have ever met carries the same genetic fingerprint, a single mutation buried deep inside a gene ...

Studies show 11 genetic variants affect gut microbiome

In two new studies on 28,000 individuals, researchers are able to show that genetic variants in 11 regions of the human genome have a clear influence on which bacteria are in the gut and what they do ...

What causes depression? What we know, don’t know and suspect

The idea that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain is more than half a century old. The reality is more ...