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Implications: Scientists Have Finally Completed Mapping the Human Genome

Gabrielle Hartley 02/04/2022

With the increasing power of long-read DNA sequencing technology,...

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Widely-Available Genetic Risk Tests Aren’t Always Useful – and Could Even be Harmful

Emma Kowal, Jacqueline Savard and Jeffrey Craig 04/07/2019

Most common chronic diseases are the outcome of complex...

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How Scientists are Untangling the Mystery of Developmental Disorders

Linda Geddes 07/10/2018

According to Rare Disease UK, there are between 6,000...

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When You Have a Serious Hereditary Disease, Who Has a Right to Know?

Shaun Raviv 15/07/2018

A 2017 lawsuit has set an important precedent –...

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Ben Barres, Neuroscientist and Gender Identity Leader, Passes Away at 63

The Wire Staff 28/12/2017

Barres is known for his pathbreaking work in identifying...