The past decade has delivered landmark advances in human and medical genomics that shape how we understand disease mechanisms ...

Clinicians' ability to diagnose and treat chronic diseases is limited by scientific uncertainty around factors contributing to disease risk. A study published September 2 nd in the open-access journal ...

Using single-cell epigenomic profiling of immune cells from 110 individuals, researchers show that genetic variation and ...

Twenty-two years after the completion of the Human Genome Project, scientists have unveiled the most expansive catalog of human genetic variation ever compiled. Across two new papers published ...

No matter how much they brush their teeth, some people still get more cavities than others, in part because of differences in ...

Viral DNA that is usually dismissed when sequencing the human genome could help to uncover useful information about complex ...

For the first time, the tools to rewrite human biology are moving from speculative fiction into regulated clinics and ...

A watercolor artist’s interpretation of the relationship between the human genome and gut mycobiome. Created by Amy Bean, watercolor journalist and mom of first author Emily Van Syoc. Clinicians’ ...

By studying genetic data from nearly 140,000 IVF embryos, scientists have with unprecedented detail revealed why fewer than ...

A new analysis of drug trials used to approve medicines in the United States shows how far modern medicine still has to go to ...