Scientists have mapped the genome of the Greenland shark, which could offer clues to the animal’s extreme longevity.

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Samples taken in the pandemic's early weeks reinforce hypothesis that coronavirus emerged from live animal market, not a ...

A small ge­net­ic test­ing start­up backed by Pe­ter Thiel’s Founders Fund and Red­dit co-founder Alex­is Ohan­ian’s 776 Fund ...

Findings suggest that new genes can form by repurposing fragments of ancestral genes while incorporating entirely new coding regions (the protein-coding parts of the DNA). This innovative concept ...

Groundbreaking research has established a new blood group system, the MAL, now recognized as the 47th type. The discovery of ...

Me will pay $30 million to settle a data breach lawsuit from the 2023 credential stuffing attack that exposed the personal ...

Personalized medicine with individually tailored therapies is becoming more and more a reality in cancer. This requires a ...

The biotech company 23andMe has a big mess to clean up after its entire board resigned to protest its CEO’s plans to take the ...

Personal information for nearly half of the popular genetic testing company's customers -- 6.9 million people -- were exposed ...

GeneDx is helping patients navigate through the "diagnostic odyssey" with DNA sequencing. The biotech stock is on its own odyssey.

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