You may have seen or heard references to the human genome. But what is a genome, and why is knowing about it important to your health? This question and others were answered during “Learning About ...

The “pangenome,” which collated genetic sequences from 47 people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, could greatly expand the reach of personalized medicine. By Elie Dolgin A new report from the National ...

At a time when large-scale human genome analysis was not yet common, the Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) ...

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...

Thomas Gingeras did not intend to upend basic ideas about how the human body works. In 2012 the geneticist, now at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York State, was one of a few hundred colleagues ...

But is dotting the i's and crossing the t's of the Human Genome Project worth the effort? It's an "intellectually satisfying goal or milestone with pretty symbolic significance," said Stein. But he ...

As if sequencing a full human genome wasn't tricky enough, scientists are now attempting to reconstruct our species' genetic material from the ground up. It's an ambitious and controversial project ...

Starting Friday, the non-profit X Prize Foundation and private firm Knome are auctioning a whole genome sequence on eBay. The highest bidder will walk away with a full readout of ...

MGI Tech Co., Ltd., a company dedicated to developing core tools and technologies that drive innovation in life sciences, today announced two historic milestones in African genomics: the official ...

Human Genome Sciences Inc., a Rockville biotechnology company, said yesterday that it will abandon an experimental treatment for painful skin sores after the drug failed to prove effective in a large ...