No two tumors are alike, but analyzing the genetics of cancers from different parts of the body may reveal surprising details useful for treatment and prevention. That process is already gaining ...

Until recently, our understanding of the genetic causes for human diseases were largely limited to the study of extreme phenotypes produced by Mendelian disorders. Advances in genomic technologies and ...

A newly published paper in Nature describes the complex process of launching a nine-country collaboration in Africa to ...

Cancer is a hugely complicated disease, and understanding how it starts and how it can be treated requires an equally enormous effort from scientists. That effort is well underway with the Pan-Cancer ...

This undated computer rendering of a fragment of the human genome is part of a new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. The Human Genome Project, launched in 1990 and completed in 2003, ...

The 1000 Genomes Project, an international public-private consortium, has published the most comprehensive map of human genetic differences, estimated to contain approximately 95 percent of the ...

A big federal research project aimed at reducing racial disparities in genetic research has unveiled the program's first major trove of results. "This is a huge deal," says Dr. Joshua Denny, who runs ...

Researchers have found more than 275 million previously unreported genetic variants from data shared by nearly 250,000 volunteers. Half of the data are from participants of non-European ancestry. A ...

Our long-term research goal is to decipher the gene regulatory network that directs the embryonic development of various types of neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARC, aka ARH).

Cleft palate (CP) is caused by disruption of palatogenesis during embryonic development. Although surgery is a standard option to repair CP, patients often require additional surgeries, special dental ...