UC Berkeley researchers have identified regions of DNA that humans inherited from two unknown ancestors as a result of ...

By Marilena Tapaki*, Genetic Counsellor, Medicover Genetics, CyprusWith personalised medicine reshaping modern healthcare, genetic counselling has become a vital service. Advances in genetics furnish ...

New structural variation sequencing reads long stretches of fetal DNA to pinpoint duplications, flips, and rearrangements, ...

A great part of living in the 21st century is that if you have a device that connects to the internet, you have access to hundreds, if not thousands of experts who are often eager to share in-depth ...

A large genetic study shows that many people carry DNA sequences that slowly expand as they get older. Common genetic variants can dramatically alter how fast this expansion happens, sometimes ...

It's one thing to have blood, semen or saliva and a potential suspect identified against whom to compare it. A DNA test would ...

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health traits. By probing regions of DNA previously linked to disease, the work has ...

A controlled mouse study has provided direct evidence that inherited genetics can steer how cancer begins and evolves after DNA damage. The discovery could eventually help doctors better predict ...

After nearly 26 years, “Chelsea Jane Doe” was finally identified by her name this summer: Tiffany Bradley. The breakthrough ...

DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but what does that really mean? Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics in the Heersink School of Medicine, explains everything ...

Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed a new way to add large pieces of ...