Wafaa M Rashed: Polygenic Risk Score for Cancer in African Population
Wafaa M Rashed, Chair and founder of PAPERI at Pan- African PGS Education and Research Initiative, shared a…
Should we not just split the Bill on gene tech?
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Ruth and Mike Williams, Nick Collins. Sheep and beef farmers, writing on behalf…
Omani research team uses AI to detect genetic heart disorders
Muscat: A groundbreaking research initiative has made significant progress in identifying the genetic causes of cardiomyopathy in the…
Why Some Strep Infections Turn Deadly: Genetic Clue
Japanese scientists uncover genetic mutation associated with severe invasive diseases. Breakthrough finding could lead to a reduction in…
Don’t step in my blue denim genes
“Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality and even eye…
New study finds potato descended from tomato-like ancestor hybrid
A surprising discovery by scientists has revealed that an ancient genetic marriage roughly 9 million years ago gave…
Could a new medical approach fix faulty genes before birth?
(SACRAMENTO) A new study shows that a biomedical tool can successfully deliver genetic material to edit faulty genes…
World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe recently announced a new rule for women athletes, requiring mandatory genetic tests to…
Urbanization and genetic homogenization in the medieval Low Countries revealed through a ten-century paleogenomic study of the city of Sint-Truiden | Genome Biology
Lawson DJ, Hellenthal G, Myers S, Falush D. Inference of Population Structure using Dense Haplotype Data. Copenhaver GP,…
Stealth Genetic Switch in Mosquitoes Halts Malaria Spread
Genetically modified mosquito larvae express fluorescent markers of the FREP1 gene — RFP (pink), GFP (blue) or both…
Scientists shrink the genetic code of E. coli to contain only 57 of its usual 64 codons
Bacteria with a synthetic genome. Credit: Larissa Ulisko The DNA of nearly all life on Earth contains many…
Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA traced through 21 generations unlocks new secrets
A breakthrough study has just untangled over six centuries of genetic history, tracing Leonardo’s male line through 21…