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Why You Love Coffee and Beer

May 3, 2019

Our genetics suggest beverage preferences hinge on psychoactive effects

Genetic Testing Has a Data Problem—New Software Can Help

May 1, 2019

Companies like 23andMe are grappling with how to store all their accumulating data and how to process results quickly...

How Did the Bumblebee Get Its Stripes?

April 30, 2019

Researchers are investigating the genetics underlying color-pattern variation in bumblebees and how these patterns have evolv...

Genetic Code of WWI Soldier's Cholera Mapped

April 10, 2019

The bacterium was isolated from a British soldier and stored for more than 100 years before being revived and sequenced...

Study Offers Clues for Why Birth Control May Fail

March 14, 2019

A genetic component in some women breaks down contraceptive hormones

When Life Gives You Sour Lemons, Use Genetics to Find out Why

March 6, 2019

Identification of genes responsible for sour taste in citrus fruit may enable the creation of new, sweeter varieties

Family Tree of 400 Million People Shows Genetics Has Limited Influence on Longevity

November 7, 2018

Study of huge Ancestry.com pedigree set suggests similar life spans between spouses may have inflated previous estimates of l...

Many Cases of Dementia May Arise from Non-Inherited DNA 'Spelling Mistakes'

October 16, 2018

The findings suggest that for many people with neurodegenerative diseases, the roots of their condition will trace back to th...

Crime and Privacy: Using Consumer Genomics to Identify Anonymous Individuals

October 12, 2018

A new study suggests a need for policies designed to both ensure people's genetic privacy and to prevent the misuse of p...

Personalized Disease Predictions for Chronic Blood Cancers

October 11, 2018

Scientists developed a successful method to make truly personalized predictions of future disease outcomes for patients with ...

Making Mice a Tiny Bit More Human to Study Preterm Birth

October 3, 2018

Research enhances ability to study biology of persistent public health problem

Mayo Researchers Develop New Genetics-Based Prognostic Tool for Myelodysplastic Syndrome

October 1, 2018

Myelodysplastic syndrome is one of the most frequent blood cancers affecting the elderly

Diagnosing Orphan Diseases: New Opportunities

August 22, 2018

Novel platforms help clinical labs deliver the right treatments, fast

Recording Every Cell's History in Real-Time with Evolving Genetic Barcodes

August 13, 2018

New technique enables creation of a full developmental lineage record for cells in vivo

ClinGen Panel Evaluates Validity of Genes Reported to Be Associated with Brugada Syndrome

July 6, 2018

ClinGen (Clinical Genome Resource) expert panel evaluates validity of genes reported to be associated with Brugada Syndrome...

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