Whole genome sequencing in nearly 500,000 UK Biobank participants shows that observed rare and common variants now explain ...

Sohini Ramachandran is a professor of biology, data science, and computer science at Brown University. C. Brandon Ogbunu is ...

To understand Adolf Hitler, we need to look at his personal life and the wider societal and historical context - analysing ...

Chromosome compartment analysis of a cancer cell line cohort reveals different subsets of compartment changes where some track epithelial to mesenchymal transition while others reflect secondary ...

Editing genes in sperm, eggs and embryos is currently banned in the United States. The current effort by Preventive, a Silicon Valley startup, involves a couple with a genetic abnormality who want to ...

Starting Friday, the non-profit X Prize Foundation and private firm Knome are auctioning a whole genome sequence on eBay. The highest bidder will walk away with a full readout of ...

An ambitious plan to sequence genomes for 1.85 million eukaryotic species on our planet is underway. It's a massive ...

Our brain’s evolution makes it nearly impossible to commit to a multi-generational mission like interstellar travel, says one evolutionary anthropologist. However, humans have worked successfully on ...

Technology Networks spoke with Dr. Mark Van Oene, chief operating officer at PacBio, about an ambitious population genomics effort – the Korean Pangenome Reference Project.

So now, President Donald Trump is pioneering a different approach: touting the benefits of vaccines while emphasizing the importance of the doctor-patient relationship. This approach promises to be ...

The prehistoric Jomon people of Japan had "unexpectedly low" levels of DNA from the Denisovans, our mysterious human ...

Every human face is unique, allowing us to distinguish between individuals. We know little about how facial features are ...