In a world where scientific advancements have often overlooked diversity, Dr. Carika Weldon stands out as a trailblazer, determined to revolutionize genetic research for the Caribbean. As the founder ...

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev previously gifted Kazakh Tazy dogs to French President Emmanuel Macron and to renowned Kazakh ...

June 6, 2024 – Scientists in the United Kingdom have pinpointed genetic factors that appear to drive inflammatory bowel disease, and laboratory experiments using existing drugs used for other ...

The United States leads in genetics-related output in the Nature Index, with six institutions ranking among the world’s top 10. Leading by a clear margin is Harvard University, in Cambridge, ...

Whitney Maxwell, MS, CGC, stands at the helm of the Inherited Cancer Research Shared Resource at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, overseeing a dynamic team of genetic counselors, ...

Most research in human genetics has historically focused on people of European ancestries—a long-standing bias that may limit the accuracy of scientific predictions for people from other populations.

Researchers have found more than 275 million previously unreported genetic variants from data shared by nearly 250,000 volunteers. Half of the data are from participants of non-European ancestry. A ...

A new genome-wide mapping method finally shows how thousands of genes connect to drive disease. Biomedical researchers are working intensively to identify the genes that contribute to disease, with ...

Genetic inheritance may sound straightforward: One gene causes one trait or a specific illness. When doctors use genetics, it’s usually to try to identify a disease-causing gene to help guide ...

Methane isn’t just an environmental buzzword—it is energy lost. Every puff of gas from a cow’s rumen represents feed energy ...

A recent study finds that certain psychiatric disorders have considerable genetic overlap. But these genes aren’t the whole ...