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Adapted from Mitochondrial DNA at
National Human Genome Research Institute
Recently, media outlets around the world have been reporting on...
A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...
HEBEI, North China — Even though Han Chunyu’s car was parked just outside his lab, the scientist wasn’t available to...
You have instant communication, on-demand entertainment, and dial-up transportation—why should you have to wait nine months to...
In the beginning, there was nature. Then the statistician Francis Galton — Charles Darwin’s half-cousin — set nature (heredity) in...
In a few short years, the parents of a newborn will know the baby’s full genome — every last secret...
Genome-wide sequencing is increasingly being conducted on fetal tissues, either as whole exome sequencing (WES), whole genome sequencing (WGS), or...
Infertility treatment is an emotional and financial rollercoaster. For couples trying to conceive (“TTC” in the many on-line support forums)...
Dubbed “Snowbaby,” Emma Gibson is now more than a month old
Her birth made headlines globally recently as her 25-year-old...
Malis* sits under her home in a remote village with her legs folded under her swelling belly. She’s six months...