The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is backing a large-scale effort to sequence 1,000 measles genomes as ...

A lawyer working in the medical malpractice field highlights a recent story on newborn screenings. The disparity between ...

Landmark legislation proposes a statutory ban on the use of predictive genetic test results in life insurance decisions and ...

A lawyer working in the medical malpractice field highlights a recent Sun Sentinel story on newborn screenings. The disparity ...

With eDNA metabarcoding, researchers read DNA traces from soil, water, or even air as if they were barcodes. This allows them to discover which plants are or were present, even when they are invisible ...

Losing a beloved furry family member is the hardest part of being a pet owner. Inevitably, man’s best friend doesn’t live as ...

Introduction Genomic testing allows for the identification of disease-causing genetic variants and may also reveal secondary ...

Countless scientists and at least a dozen high-concept sci-fi comedies over the past 30 years have speculated on the ...

A biotech CEO with decades of scientific experience but sporadic coding practice gained practical bioinformatics capabilities ...

The asteroid Ryugu imaged by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft in 2018 JAXA / Kevin M. Gill via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-2.0 The asteroid Ryugu, millions of miles away from Earth, might not look that ...

John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Organic and Isotope Geochemistry, Curtin University A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases – the molecular “letters” of life – have been detected ...