Another problem is that race is an imprecise term ... the interaction of several genes as well as other factors. Even then, it is unlikely that such genetic diagnostics will soon be available ...

Race might be a proxy for discriminatory experiences ... or ethnicity as pseudo-biological variables. From now on, Nature Genetics will therefore require that authors explain why they make ...

Since the isolation of the gene that causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), scientists have progressed in understanding the mechanisms that lead to muscular diseases that can be evident from the ...

Biogen has become the latest company to join the race to develop gene editing as a therapy, in a potential $2 billion alliance with the University of Pennsylvania.

“It’s a chess match using genes,” University of Missouri soybean breeder Andrew Scaboo says. “The genes in the plant and the ...