NHS to screen newborns in England for rare genetic disorder
Hereditary tyrosinaemia type 1 (HT1) affects around one in seven babies a year in the UK. It prevents…
New Guides: Understanding Dementia Risk, Genetics, Diagnosis in Communities of Color
Is an Alzheimer’s clinical trial right for you? What does it mean to enroll in an Alzheimer’s clinical…
How genomic screening in newborns found 16 hidden disorders standard tests overlooked
By uncovering life-altering genetic conditions before symptoms appear, genomic screening could redefine newborn care if health systems can…
Application Of CRISPR Technology In iPSC Gene Correction
By Jack (Jie) Huang, M.D., Ph.D. The rise of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology has opened up…
New SDR-Seq Tool Links DNA Variants to Disease
Scientists have long suspected connections between heredity and disease, dating back to Hippocrates, who observed certain diseases ‘ran…
Las Cruces medical center introduces genetic testing to boost cancer prevention efforts
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces is introducing a new genetic testing tool…
NHS to screen newborns in England for rare genetic disorder
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Broadening the baseline | Laboratory News
As the technology underpinning genome studies continues to improve, an over-reliance on Eurocentric datasets holds research back, asserts…
Preclinical study identifies genetic misfire in lupus
Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw2568 Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified a “molecular switch” on a gene strongly associated…
Human evolution and genes: culture rewrites science
For years, science was certain: genes determine who a person is. The latest report by American researchers overturns…
Study reveals gene boundaries are dynamic, not fixed
Transcription elongation rates drive the positional coordination of mRNA initiation and termination. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.ado8279 Molecular…