* Genetics & Genome Sciences participates in the Biomedical Sciences Training Program (BSTP), an umbrella program that serves, among other capacities, as a central recruiting and admissions portal for ...
Every year, millions of newborns undergo routine heel-prick screening, a simple test that can mean the difference between a healthy life and catastrophic disability. Now, breakthroughs in ...
Tiny, quivering spheres designed to feed and multiply raise prospect of artificial organisms to make drugs, food and fuel ...
Much of what shapes people’s lives happens at an unseen level—it comes down to DNA. This year, The Scientist explored genetic insights into how individuals smell, metabolize alcohol, and even how ...
The landmark study, published in the pre-eminent scientific journal Nature, was led by Associate Professor Catherine Grueber from the School of Life and Environmental Sciences and a team of ...
Approximately 1 in 6 individuals or couples face difficulties conceiving naturally, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s statistics. On the other hand, assisted fertility cycles with the ...
Yahya Rauf is a postdoctoral researcher at Texas A&M University studying new genes in wheat and its relatives, with the hopes of enhancing disease resistance and increasing grain yield sustainability.
Anthropological genetics investigates the interplay between human genetic variation and cultural, social and historical contexts. It examines how patterns of DNA diversity inform biogeographic ...