In one of the largest genetic studies of its kind, they have traced the origins of the potato blight to the Andes. The findings not only settle one of the darkest long-standing debates but also reveal ...

A forensic DNA analyst prepares a sample for analysis. Credit: Fred W. Baker/Department of Defense The National Institute of Standards ...

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

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 ...

Researchers have developed a single genome-editing strategy, known as PERT, that could potentially treat various diseases caused by nonsense mutations.

A new light-based sensor can spot incredibly tiny amounts of cancer biomarkers in blood, raising the possibility of earlier ...

Researchers develop a single genome-editing strategy to treat multiple disorders caused by nonsense mutations, promising ...

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 ...

Gastonia Police Department receives $629,000 federal grant secured by Congressman Tim Moore for Rapid DNA technology, a first ...

There is increased stress on screening for cancers. If there is one medical entity where early detection truly saves lives, it is in screening for cancers. Cervical cancer now stands as the second ...

Bhubaneswar: A team comprising scientists, biologists and experts from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) will soon visit the state on the Odisha g.

Rebecca Schulman is a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Hopkins who is currently working on developing ...