Rapidly mutating DNA regions were mapped using a multi-generational family and advanced sequencing tools. Understanding how ...

Since the human genome was first sequenced in 2003, the world's scientific community has been racing to decipher this "book" written in an alphabet of four letters.

Although the Human Genome Project greatly expanded our understanding of hereditary contributions to disease, genes appear to account for approximately 10% of disease risk, with the remainder ...

No longer will our medicines be gated through animals, but rather through entirely human systems — leading to breakthrough ...

In his 1945 report "Science, The Endless Frontier," Bush envisioned science as a source of light that could drive away the ...

Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan highlights India’s unique role in the global exposomics landscape, emphasizing the importance of ...

Precision medicine -> the practice of treating diseases using insights gained from sequencing the human genome is an ...

“This is a project that has been in the works for ... It involves a mutation at a single location in the genome that has a big effect on colon cancer risk. The past 25 years of human genetics have ...

Potential best-in-class extrahepatic in vivo gene editing with all-in-one delivery to the central nervous system (CNS) is a critical milestone for the treatment of neurological disorders - - ...

"De-extinction" takes center stage as environmentalists express dismay over erosion of the Endangered Species Act ...