When you think about your genetic structure, where do you think you got your genes? A little bit of mom, a little bit of dad, but what about some help from microbe genomes? Research published in “Genome...

Scientists at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have successfully reset adult human cells to the point of their best developmental potential. For the study, which was published in Cell,...

Each year about 1,500 children are born with a birth defect called spina bifida, which is in a group of birth defects called neural tube defects. Dr. McQuilkin, who works with the medical staff at Weber...

Registering patents on inventions and other innovation is fairly common and accepted in today’s world, but what about patenting genes? For a while, medical technology and products weren't the only...

In a joint project between the Harvard Medical School, the National Institute on Aging and the University of New South Wales in Australia, researchers have discovered the cause of aging in mammals. The...

Genetics professor Scott Williams at Dartmouth College's Geisel School of Medicine has made two discoveries: First, a person can have several DNA mutations in parts of his or her body and still have his...