TOP1 is the target of topotecan, which was approved in 1997 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat relapsed ...

Scientists have completed the first-ever genetic mapping of tumor cells from Taiwanese with breast cancer in a potential breakthrough for treatment and prevention of the disease. National Cancer ...

Genetic testing can help you know the future, and while the truth might shock some people, it's given one woman the power to take control of her health. Ms Bellette discovered she inherited a BRCA ...

A large new analysis suggests that some people carry genetic variants that make them more likely to have female than male offspring. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

In collaboration with scientists around the world, we have conducted the world’s largest genetic study of the volume of regional structures of the brain. This study is now published in Nature ...

Their new approach opens the possibility of controlling when and where genes are expressed in the body, for the benefit of human health and medical research, in ways never before possible.

Researchers flip genes on and off with AI-designed DNA switches The new method could revolutionize gene therapy and biotechnology by allowing precise activation or repression of genes in specific ...

Manipal HealthMap, a diagnostic services provider, has acquired iGenetic Diagnostics, securing a 100 per cent stake in the company. With this acquisition, Manipal HealthMap plans to strengthen its ...

Unlike medical providers, genetic testing companies aren’t bound by health privacy laws such as HIPAA despite the health information DNA contains. Even if these companies ostensibly promise to ...

A U.S. startup company is reportedly offering wealthy couples the chance to screen their embryos for IQ and other favorable genetic traits, which has raised ethical concerns. Heliospect Genomics ...

By Gina Kolata Photographs by Kenny Holston Gina Kolata visited Kendric Cromer and his parents for the third time as she has followed his gene therapy at Children’s National Hospital in ...

GWAS revealed 254 genetic variants associated with brain volume across those regions, explaining up to 10% of the observed differences in brain volume across participants in the study.