A new set of genes that contribute to Parkinson’s disease risk has been identified.

“It is no use asking for the impossible, such as, say, the exact wiring diagram for a cubic millimeter of brain tissue and the way all its neurons are firing,” Crick wrote in Scientific America ...

A new genomic study has uncovered long-lost genetic diversity in mammoth lineages spanning over a million years, providing new insights into the evolutionary history of these animals. A new ...

The wiring diagram and its data, freely available through the MICrONS Explorer, are 1.6 petabytes in size (equivalent to 22 years of non-stop HD video), and offer never-before-seen insight into ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A comprehensive wiring diagram and functional map of a mouse brain's visual cortex, the largest to date, has been created from a cubic millimeter of tissue. This ...

Sidney Raz/TikTok After losing his daughter in utero, a man was diagnosed with stomach cancer — years before it would have been detected — due to an abnormality found in the genetic tests done ...

It’s unclear what’s next for 23andMe, but experts say there’s a big incentive for corporations and researchers alike to get their hands on the company’s trove of genetic data. Genetics can ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new tool, BLU-VIPR, enhances CRISPR precision by using light to control gene editing, allowing targeted modifications in specific organism areas. This method ...

Genetic testing, also known as DNA testing, involves obtaining DNA from a sample of cells in your body to identify specific genes, chromosomes, or proteins, including those that are faulty (known as ...

The announcement that 23andMe is filing for bankruptcy and has put its genetic genealogy database up for sale has sent its customers into a bit of a privacy tizzy. On March 21, California Attorney ...

Genetic discrimination Most of the 9,000 gene mutations we carry are benign and have little to no effect on our health. But some can severely disrupt protein function and cause diseases such as ...