Can at-home DNA tests predict how you'll respond to your medications? Pharmacists explain the risks and benefits of pharmacogenetic testing

Genetic testing can help take the guesswork out of finding the right treatment. For certain diseases. To an extent.

Philip Empey, Associate Professor of Pharmacogenomics, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Sept. 15, 2023 ~8 min

The Y chromosome has finally been decoded

"We knew we had an incomplete picture up until now, but we can now see the entire genome from end to end for the first time."

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
Sept. 6, 2023 ~6 min


Potato pangenome could lead to a new super spud

A new potato pangenome could help identify genetic traits for producing the next super spud, researchers say.

McGill University • futurity
Aug. 31, 2023 ~4 min

It takes three to tango: transcription factors bind DNA, protein, and RNA

Whitehead Institute researchers find many transcription factors bind RNA, which fine-tunes their regulation of gene expression, suggesting new therapeutic opportunities.

Greta Friar | Whitehead Institute • mit
July 17, 2023 ~7 min

Promising assisted reproductive technologies come with ethical, legal and social challenges – a developmental biologist and a bioethicist discuss IVF, abortion and the mice with two dads

Scientists can create viable eggs from two male mice. In the wake of CRISPR controversies and restrictive abortion laws, two experts start a dialogue on ethical research in reproductive biology.

Mary Faith Marshall, Professor of Biomedical Ethics, University of Virginia • conversation
July 13, 2023 ~17 min

Researchers can learn a lot with your genetic information, even when you skip survey questions – yesterday's mode of informed consent doesn't quite fit today's biobank studies

Biobanks collect and store large amounts of data that researchers use to conduct a wide range of studies. Making sure participants understand what they’re getting into can help build trust in science.

Robbee Wedow, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Data Science, Purdue University • conversation
June 29, 2023 ~7 min

Atlas of human brain blood vessels highlights changes in Alzheimer’s disease

MIT researchers characterize gene expression patterns for 22,500 brain vascular cells across 428 donors, revealing insights for Alzheimer’s onset and potential treatments.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
June 21, 2023 ~17 min

Foxtail millet genome holds clues to better crops

A large-scale genomic analysis of foxtail millet, clarifies the genetic basis for key agricultural traits.

Rachel Harrison-NYU • futurity
June 12, 2023 ~6 min


DNA discovery highlights how we maintain healthy blood sugar levels after meals

A study of the DNA of more than 55,000 people worldwide has shed light on how we maintain healthy blood sugar levels after we have eaten, with implications for

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 8, 2023 ~5 min

Team sequences tart cherry genome for first time

When researchers sequenced the genome of the Montmorency tart cherry for the first time, they found it was more complex than they thought.

Emilie Lorditch-Michigan State • futurity
May 19, 2023 ~5 min

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