The Broad Institute gene-sequencing lab used Roche equipment to read infants’ DNA genomes in less than four hours, cutting an ...

Cancer cells are known to reawaken embryonic genes to grow. A new study reveals the disease also hijacks the proteins, or ...

Talha Burki speaks with Fred Ramsdell, Mary Brunkow, and Shimon Sakaguchi about their Nobel-winning discoveries in peripheral ...

Researchers have identified a new genetic cause of hereditary optic atrophy—a condition that leads to gradual vision loss—by discovering a previously unknown mutation in the PPIB gene. T ...

U.S. Navy aviator Ensign Howard Allen Holding’s family learned the 22-year-old was declared missing in action during World ...

An international study has shown how and when entirely new gene mutations, known as de novo mutations, originate in dogs. A ...

As more people start to opt for genetic carrier testing ahead of conception, doctors and parents-to-be are facing difficult ...

Despite setbacks and funding cuts — and a quieting of the hype blaring its arrival — multiple CRISPR-based trials are ...

The Influenza A virus (IAV) has been the cause of six major flu pandemics, responsible for 50 to 100 million deaths globally.

Huntington’s disease is a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disorder that affects the brain and drastically decreases quality ...