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…
ASHG President Sarah Tishkoff Shares a Preview of the Meeting in Boston
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) conference kicks off next week in Boston. Before we pack our…
Naked Mole-Rats’ Long Life Due to Better DNA Repair Mechanisms
Naked mole-rats are well known for both their wrinkly appearance and for their unexpectedly long lives. The source…
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…
Naked Mole-Rats’ Long Life Due to Better DNA Repair Mechanisms
Naked mole-rats are well known for both their wrinkly appearance and for their unexpectedly long lives. The source…
Wheat Pan-Transcriptome Reveals Functional Diversity to Transform Global Breeding Efforts
Wheat is the most widely cultivated crop in the world; over 215 million hectares are grown annually. To…
Generative AI Designs Synthetic Gene Editing Proteins Better than Nature
Credit: vchal/Getty Images Researchers from Integra Therapeutics, in partnership with the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and the Center…
Alnylam Joins Illumina and NashBio for Faster, More Inclusive Drug Discovery
Credit: Andrew Brookes / Connect Images When Alnylam Pharmaceuticals announced it would join the Alliance for Genomic Discovery…
Pan-Cancer Immunotherapy Avoids Healthy Tissue by Targeting Glycans
Bispecific antibodies and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells demonstrate potent cancer immunotherapy in clinical use, yet most…
Pan-Cancer Immunotherapy Avoids Healthy Tissue by Targeting Glycans
Bispecific antibodies and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells demonstrate potent cancer immunotherapy in clinical use, yet most…