What happens to your data if 23andMe collapses? — Harvard Gazette
A recent paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine calls for regulations to protect customers’ personal…
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…
Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Xinhe Zhang, Yuanjun Gu, Sharon A. S. Neufeld, Simon Baron-Cohen & Varun Warrier Autism Research…
Genetic and molecular landscape of comorbidities in people living with HIV
Participants from the 2000HIV study The 2000HIV study is a prospective multicentric observational longitudinal cohort of virally suppressed…
The Rockefeller University » Researchers identify a gene potentially linked to the evolution of spoken language
Robert B. Darnell (left) and Erich D. Jarvis (right). (Credit: Lori Chertoff/The Rockefeller University) Whether humans are singular…
Systema: a framework for evaluating genetic perturbation response prediction beyond systematic variation
Nonparametric baselines We design two nonparametric baselines that we refer to as perturbed mean and matching mean. Perturbed…
New Alzheimer’s treatments and studies are fueling hope
Rick is helping to answer a question central to the future of Alzheimer’s care: Can the disease be…
This tiny butterfly has the most chromosomes of any animal on Earth
The Atlas blue butterfly, also known as Polyommatus atlantica, has been genetically confirmed as having the highest number…
Community rallies with parade for 3-year-old battling rare genetic disorder
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dozens of trucks, motorcycles and even camels lined up Saturday to honor 3-year-old Tucker…
Autism Is Not a Single Condition and Has No Single Cause, Scientists Conclude
New research from the University of Cambridge suggests that autism should not be understood as a homogeneous condition…
NIST Releases Trove of Genetic Data to Spur Cancer Research
This image shows chromosomes in the pancreatic cancer cell line, where mixed colors indicate chromosomal rearrangements. For example,…
It’s not just genes — parents can pass down longevity another way
New research in the roundworm C. elegans shows how changes in the parent’s lysosomes that promote longevity are…