Girl, 4, to lose the ability to walk, speak and see due to rare genetic disorder
A west London couple are experiencing “prolonged grief” after their nearly four-year-old daughter was diagnosed with a rare,…
Breeding for polledness isn’t just lip service
AT A recent bull sale I attended, bids started to slow on one of the lots catalogued as…
Plant Sciences Genetics expands global berry breeding with new raspberry varieties
Steve Nelson, CEO of Plant Sciences Genetics, talks to Fruitnet about the company’s expansion, new raspberry varieties launching in…
Davor Solter and Azim Surani Awarded the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize 2026
Prize Winners’ Discovery of Genomic Imprinting Opened the Door to Epigenetics Developmental biologists Davor Solter and Azim Surani…
Weekly genetics review: Approach your bull buying activity like you are recruiting staff
SELECTING new bulls is a process most breeders undertake each year. However, the process is not always a…
David Liu Pioneers Disease-Agnostic Gene Editing Beyond CRISPR
In the rapidly evolving field of biotechnology, gene editing is poised for a transformative shift toward approaches that…
The Liability-Threshold Polygenic Model of Left-Handedness
Genes play a role in left-handedness Have you ever wondered why some people are left-handed while most people…
WIRED Health Recap: Cancer Vaccines, Crispr Breakthroughs, and More
At the WIRED Health summit in Boston on September 9, we hosted some of the leading experts in…
Early genetic testing can help prevent diseases
BENGALURU: It is not only lifestyle that is leading to diseases and health conditions. Genetics is an underlying…
What Do We Really Know About Genetics and Alcohol Use Disorder?
Why are some people able to give up alcohol with ease, while others struggle for years? That’s the…
Genetic Study Traces Da Vinci’s Y Chromosome to Living Descendants
In the annals of Renaissance history, few figures loom as large as Leonardo da Vinci, the polymath whose…
2025-09 – Breast cancer: new study finds genetic risk in African women
15 September 2025 – Mahtaab Hayat and Jean-Tristan Brandenburg
Two genomic variants contribute…