WellSpan Health's Gene Health Project offers free genetic screening for cancer syndromes and heart disease. The project aims to improve personalized healthcare through genetic analysis, with WellSpan ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins testifies during the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee budget hearing on Capitol Hill on May 15 in Washington. (Photo by Yuri Gripas/Associated ...

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 ...

Scientists are taking note of the lack of diversity in genetics; often, genetic information from people only of European descent has been used for research studies. In recent years, investigators have ...

When people study and wonder about their genetics, they often think about their history. So what happens when science tells us about the history that could have become true? This is what’s happened ...

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 ...