The rise of gene editing forces regulators to confront a difficult question: How to protect fair play in the age of genomic medicine.

It took a while for the science to basically catch up to that suspicion.” In these types of “recessive” conditions, the ...

Every living organism has its own genetic "blueprint": the source code for how it grows, functions and reproduces. This blueprint is known as a genome. When scientists sequence a genome, they identify ...

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 ...

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 ...

A forensic technology that has set wrongfully convicted murderers free and jailed famed serial killers just landed its first ...

Key points Genomics delves into the genetic make-up of organisms, which helps us understand how they work.With new ...

Medical gas plasma can render adenoviruses harmless within a short period of time. This has been demonstrated by a recent ...

Sometimes, a creature unknown to science hides in plain sight without anyone realizing its significance. In the case of one ...

Post-diagnosis risk assessment clarifies cancer etiology and germline contribution, shaping therapeutic planning, prevention ...

Cases among younger people are rising – such as with actor James Van Der Beek, who died on 11 February at age 48 ...

The cilantro “soap gene” is real. Approximately four to 14% of Americans carry the cilantro soap gene, meaning their olfactory receptors immediately detect the presence of cilantro by sensing its ...