Like other professionals, scientists like to be the best at what they do, but they also like to have fun in their job. And in 2018, my colleagues managed just that in claiming a record for decoding ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, July 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study by scientists at deCODE Genetics, subsidiary of Amgen, shows that sequence variants drive the correlation between DNA methylation and gene ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chances are you've heard of mapping genes to diagnose rare diseases, predict your risk of cancer and tell your ancestry. But to uncover food poisonings? The nation's disease ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Svante Pääbo, a Swedish scientist working in Germany, has won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for decoding the DNA ...

Illumina, Inc. and deCODE genetics have announced the formation of a strategic alliance under which the companies plan to co-develop and commercialize DNA-based diagnostic tests in several major ...

Scientists have unlocked the DNA secrets of two of the deadliest forms of cancer. The breakthrough could lead to 'bespoke' treatments tailored for individual patients, as well as better detection. In ...

Black Africans are at a disadvantage when it comes to drug treatments because they represent only 2% of the genetic samples used for pharmaceutical research, but a new Nigeria-based genomics company ...

A groundbreaking new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in jellyfish ...

If you need evidence that God - or Evolution - has a sense of humour, look no further than the duck-billed platypus. The oddest creature ever to grace on the planet, the platypus lays eggs like a bird ...

A mission to sequence the genome of every known animal, plant, fungus and protozoan - a group of single-celled organisms - is underway. The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) has been described as a ...