Candidate genetic variants included in a genetic risk algorithm may not meet standards of reasonable clinical efficacy in identifying opioid use disorder risk, according to a study published in JAMA ...

Epigenetic clocks that quantify rates of aging from DNA methylation patterns across the genome have emerged as a potential biomarker for risk of age-related diseases, like Alzheimer’s disease (AD), ...

Since then, the 1,000 genome project — again through international collaboration — published 1,092 sequences in 2012. A UK government project sequenced 100,000 genomes by 2018. There has also been a ...

Jovine, the cofounder and chief scientist of Brilliant Planet, is trying to engineer high-growth microalgae strains to ...

The project showed that both the cost and speed of sequencing genomes needed to be improved in order to incorporate ... a human genome to be sequenced in a few days for less than £1000. This leap in ...

Story continues below this ad Since then, the 1,000 genome project — again through international collaboration — published 1,092 sequences in 2012. A UK government project sequenced 100,000 genomes in ...

One in every 10 people worldwide is impacted by a rare genetic disease but about 50% of them remain undiagnosed despite rapid increases in genetic technology and testing.

Pangolins are unique as they are the only mammal to be covered in scales. Even though they are scaly, photos of them are ...

An analysis of the genomes of nearly 6,000 Greenlandic people suggests that their Inuit ancestors rarely moved around after ...

Ritvik Gupta, a junior at Johnson High School, has been named a National STEM champion, one of only two students from Iowa to ...

The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more ...