Scientists Discover Giant DNA Hidden Within the Human Mouth
In a groundbreaking discovery that promises to reshape our understanding of the human oral microbiome, researchers at the…
‘Return’ of the dire wolf is an impressive feat of genetic engineering, not a reversal of extinction
Dallas-based biotech company Colossal has announced the birth of three pups bearing the DNA signatures of dire wolves,…
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…
A single genetic mutation may have made humans more vulnerable to cancer than chimpanzees
(SACRAMENTO) New research from UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered an evolutionary change that may explain why…
The genetic mystery of why some people develop autism
These gene variants exist throughout the population of both neurotypical and neurodivergent people, and the individual contribution of…
Things Are About To Get Loopy
 For a Brandeis undergraduate, the Brandeis Core Science requirement has inevitably brought you to a classroom where the…
Mount Sinai AI Tool Scores Rare Genetic Mutations for Precision Medicine
In the rapidly evolving field of genomics, a groundbreaking artificial intelligence system developed by scientists at Mount Sinai…
Complex genetic variation in nearly complete human genomes
Liao, W.-W. et al. A draft human pangenome reference. Nature 617, 312–324 (2023). Article ADS CAS PubMed PubMed…
Interplay of genetic predisposition, plasma metabolome and Mediterranean diet in dementia risk and cognitive function
Ethics statement This study included de-identified data from participants who had consented to the use of their anonymized…
Cells found to lock genes at many steady points, not just two
MIT engineers have challenged a core idea in biology by showing that epigenetic memory is not simply binary.…
Parkview officials are inviting the public to join in a genetic research project | Health & Science
Parkview Health officials are inviting the public to join in a genetic research project that could result in…
Robust and accurate Bayesian inference of genome-wide genealogies for hundreds of genomes
An overview of the SINGER algorithm SINGER takes in phased WGS data and samples ARGs iteratively by adding…