Scientists pinpointed 80 gene variants, including eight tied to fatty acid metabolism, that may cause breast cancer in some people, new research suggests.

With Ambry Genetics in tow, Eric Lefkofsky's biotech startup hopes to accelerate its drive toward turning a profit.

today announced that it has initiated the testing of the safety and efficacy of QRX003 in a young child with Netherton Syndrome (NS), a rare inherited genetic disease. There is currently no approved ...

Zurich continues to push boundaries in Healthcare and InsureTech with the Zurich Innovation Championship (ZIC) by working ...

Researchers at Stanford Medicine have developed an AI-based method to identify complex structural variants in the human ...

Recent advances in genetic testing technology have transformed personal health care from general guidelines to precise, ...

Two blood tests currently in development have shown 'very high accuracy' in detecting tell-tale signs of Alzheimer's disease, ...

A recent study has developed a novel method to analyze genetic variations in families with a high incidence of breast cancer.

CHASERR is unlike traditional genes, which are used as blueprints for making messenger RNA and proteins that perform various functions in cells. Instead, CHASERR codes for a long noncoding RNA, or ...

More than half of people with mitochondrial disease can be diagnosed via genomic sequencing, a finding that will ...

Scientists have developed a new method of genetic analysis, which extracts more precise data than previously used methods when looking at DNA, and will improve our understanding of the genetic basis ...