Cancer cells evolve to outwit body defenses

George Johnson | 
Cancer is a disease of information, in which a cell becomes reprogrammed into a precision killing machine. In the consensus ...
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Project BabySeq to test how knowing your genome from birth changes your life

Carl Zimmer | 
Brigham and Women’s Hospital's Robert Green wants to know how having your complete genome sequenced at birth changes the course ...
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Using genetics to save the world’s coral reefs from climate change

David Biello | 
Similar to how agriculturalists have helped crops adapt to the changing climate, two marine ecologists are working to save the ...
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Gene testing revolution: Disease prediction results skyrocket for whole genome and whole exome sequencing

Katherine Wendelsdorf | 
New research suggests that focusing on the protein-coding region of our DNA that makes up about 1.5 percent of each ...

What’s the real origin of the phrase “Junk DNA”?

As textbooks would have it, the term “junk DNA” was coined in 1972 by Susumu Ohno as part of his ...

Scanning genomes for recent human evolution

Emma Ganley | 
Continuing the unveiling of our top ten papers selected from the papers published in PLOS Biology over the last decade, ...

Adolescence: When drinking and genetics may collide

Many negative effects of drinking, such as transitioning into heavy alcohol use, often take place during adolescence and can contribute ...

Scientists change an organism’s entire genome

William Weir | 
In an advance that could help battle disease and create new biotech materials, researchers at Yale and Harvard universities have ...

Genetics-based matchmaking services spring up in Canada

Laura Armstrong | 
Scenario: you’re on a blind date and so far, so fairy tale. Your date has a great job, drives a ...
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How do traits trickle down from grandparents to grandchildren? Partially by chance.

Razib Khan | 
Personal genome sequencing allows us to take a closer look at inheritance and highlights the situations in which genetic and ...
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New app allows users to access their genetic info from smartphone

A new smartphone app, developed by researchers at Tel Aviv University, will allow individuals who’ve had their genome sequenced to ...

Biological clocks in our cells may make some more prone to cancer

Maggie Fox | 
Every cell in your body has a little clock ticking away in it, researchers report. And while most of you ...

Epigenetics: How to alter your genes

Chris Bell | 
For decades we’ve all been told: you are what you eat. You are what you drink. You are how much, ...

Inside 23andme founder Anne Wojcicki’s $99 DNA revolution

Elizabeth Murphy | 
There's a lot you can do for your child with 99 dollars. I took that money and got my daughter's ...

“Find and Replace” across an entire genome

Ed Yong | 
It couldn’t be easier to make sweeping edits on a computer document. If I were so inclined, I could find ...

Difference in gene regulation between humans and chimps more complex than thought

Changes in gene regulation have been used to study the evolutionary chasm that exists between humans and chimpanzees despite their ...

New fossil suggest ancient human ancestors the same species: Homo erectus

Ian Sample | 
The spectacular fossilised skull of an ancient human ancestor that died nearly two million years ago in central Asia has ...

Genetic analysis shows “Yeti” is actually a polar bear hybrid

George Dvorsky | 
Aw, shucks. Science goin’ off and ruining everything again for cryptozoologists. The latest blow comes from a UK geneticist who ...
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Does finding cancer mutations lead to cures?

Jessica Wapner | 
We don't have drugs to treat most cancer mutations. So how does hunting for mutations help? ...
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Being a good Samaritan could be influenced by genetics

Patrick J. Kiger | 
Everyone knows the biblical parable of the good Samaritan. A new study suggests that a single variation in a specific ...

Gene therapy trial: Virus could help damaged hearts

Pat Hagan | 
Some days 50-year-old David Palmer can barely get out of bed and walk to the bathroom as his heart is ...

Data-driven medicine: understanding the link between genetics and disease

Sophie Curtis | 
From Google to Facebook and GCHQ to the NSA, every day we hear more about the lengths to which organizations ...

Talking with kids about genetics

Kevin Bonham | 
Last week, I had the opportunity to talk with a group of students from Grandview Heights School in Edmonton, Canada. The ...

Post Supreme Court ruling, Quest to offer genetic test for breast cancer risk

Quest Diagnostics Inc on Tuesday became the largest U.S. company to start offering gene-based tests for inherited forms of breast ...
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There’s much more to IQ than biology and DNA

Steve Jones | 
Genetics doesn't matter more than teaching. Nature doesn't matter more than nurture does. They both contribute to intelligence ...

Gene and stem cell therapy could speed up wound healing

Cheri Cheng | 
Even though there are effective medications and therapy for healing wounds, the recovery process can still be slow. In a ...
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Craig Venter working on device that could send DNA over the internet

Zoe Corbyn | 
Craig Venter, who created the world’s first synthetic life, is working on a “DNA box” that could transport genetic sequences ...
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