A decades-long NIH-backed effort to map the human genome has advanced our understanding of genetic risk factors and human ...

On Truth, Science, Faith, and Trust by Francis S. Collins, a medical doctor and head of the team of scientists uncovering the ...

Scientists across India sequenced genomes from dozens of communities as part of the Genome India Project, revealing insights ...

Having a fuller picture of the human genome helps scientists better understand genetic risk factors that lead to illnesses ...

Renowned geneticist Dr. Francis Collins retires from NIH after decades of groundbreaking medical research, including leading ...

After an illustrious career, including 12 years as director of the NIH and leading the HGP consortium, Francis Collins announces his sudden resignation.

Dr. Collins, a renowned geneticist, ran the National Institutes of Health for 12 years. His parting statement offered a ...

A groundbreaking data storage technology could preserve an entire human genome in a tiny 5D memory crystal. Developed by researchers at the University of Southampton, this innovation has the potential ...

Human genetic disease is categorised as monogenic or polygenic (otherwise termed genetically complex) by traditional nosology ...

After a 32-year career at the National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., retired from the agency, effective ...

Bigger, tastier tomatoes and eggplants could soon grace our dinner plates thanks to Johns Hopkins scientists who have ...

The project offers a bird’s-eye view of how each gene—and their combinations—keeps our bodily functions humming along. It’s the “next frontier” after the Human Genome Project, wrote the authors. These ...