Cancer-Related Genetic Variants May Be Inherited by Five Percent of People
Credit: frimages/Getty Images One in every 20 people may inherit a genetic variant in key genes that make…
Reporter’s Notebook: The Overdue Breakout for Gene Therapy and Gene Editing
As gene editing enters a new era, leaders discuss Baby KJ’s implications for families, science, and industry. (Left…
GeneDx Announced as Sequencing Partner for Sunshine Genetics Act Pilot
Source: JGI/Jamie Grill / Getty Images Genetic sequencing and diagnostics company GeneDx announced this week that it would…
Cannabis Abuse Genetically Linked to Psychiatric Traits, Physical Health
Credit: skaman306/ Moment/ Getty Images Genes may play an important role in the problematic use of cannabis and…
Genetic Breast Cancer Risk Impacted by Affected Family Members
Credit: PonyWang/Getty Images Women who have inherited genes linked with breast cancer may have a markedly altered risk…
Genetic Screening Highlighted During Pink Power Hour
MyRisk genetic screening kit that was distributed to 350 participants at the Pink Power Hour [Corinna Singleman] October…
Polygenic Risk Score Predicts Which Lesions Will Become Breast Cancer
Credit: Nicola Tree / Getty Images Researchers at King’s College London have shown that an existing genetic test…
AI Model Finds Gene Targets and Drug Combos to Reprogram Diseased Cells
Credit: FlashMovie/Getty Images Traditional drug discovery has often followed the “one drug, one target” paradigm—developing compounds against individual…
Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Xenotransplants Get IND Clearance for Clinical Trials
Credit: Marcela Ruth Romero / iStock / Getty Images Plus In January 2025, Tim Andrews was non-ambulatory, in…
Pre-Pregnancy CT Scans Raise Risk of Miscarriage, Fetal Abnormalities
Credit: EmiliaUngur/Shutterstock Women with exposure to computed tomography (CT) scans before getting pregnant are at increased risk for…
Autism Genes Could Have Conferred Evolutionary Benefit
Credit: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images Genes relating to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) could have conferred benefits during…
Autoimmune Disease Risk Linked to mRNA Instability
Credit: Christoph Burgstedt / Getty Images / Science Photo Library Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles…