There’s 99.9% similarity across human genomes, with the remaining 0.1% variation being what makes each person unique.1 In ...

Clinical characteristics at diagnosis of patients who survive more than 5 years after diagnosis of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 ASCO Annual ...

A high number of forensic laboratories presently use PCR and capillary electrophoresis (CE)-based techniques to investigate short tandem repeat (STR) markers and alternative polymorphisms. Sequencing ...

PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitor Plus Chemotherapy Versus PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitor in Microsatellite Instability Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Multicenter Retrospective Study This cross-sectional study included 75 ...

The answer to how long each of us will live is partly encoded in our genome. Researchers have identified 16 genetic markers associated with a decreased lifespan, including 14 new to science. This is ...

Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in microRNAs are known to play important roles ...

Banana production worldwide is threatened by narrow genetic diversity, pests, diseases, and climate pressures.

(Reuters Health) - Many people worry about inheriting health problems from their parents, but a new approach to analyzing genetic contributions to disease risk suggests that for most diseases, ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Genetics, researchers carried out a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of triglyceride (TG):high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) ratios ...

Scientific studies to date suggest that autism tends to run in families, and that it develops due to genetic and environmental factors. Recently a team of researchers from Oak Ridge National ...