After decades of challenges, this elusive area has been fully sequenced, completing the set of end-to-end human chromosomes.
According to researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU), this new model could help with personalized early detection for breast cancer.
The study is the first gene-mapping study on human scalp hair whorls.
A new study of metabolic health in vertebrates could be the key to improved health and extended lifespans in humans.
Germline hemizygous loss-of-function mutations of the DOCK11 gen were, for the first time, shown to cause an inborn error of blood cellular component formation and immunity
Though Neanderthals have been extinct for tens of thousands of years, their genetics still make up anywhere from 1% to 4% of the human genome.
The synthetic fetus is not likely to be used in the near future because of the ethical and moral issues associated with it.
Specific research into Ashkenazi genetics relation to Alzheimer's diseases was done for the first time.
The parents conducted a genetic test after one of their kids exhibited certain issues and found the father was not genetically related to the son.
According to the Tel Aviv hospital, the parents have asked that no inquiry be made and that their privacy be protected.
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