On the evening of Jan. 27, 1922, Franz Kafka arrived by horse-drawn sleigh at the mountain resort of Spindlermühle, in present-day Czech Republic, and immediately began working on what would be his ...

COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. (Sept. 14, 2009) - Many human diseases-including Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, cancer, and cardiovascular disease-are caused by multiple genetic variants and the ...

Scientists are expected to reveal next week the first fruits of mapping the human genome, dubbed the "genetic code book." Some people, however, fear that the information could be used unethically. CBS ...

Imagine we could vanquish all viruses. We'd never get swine flu or viral meningitis. We'd be done with AIDS. And these beautiful endings wouldn't come from some brash new medicine. Instead, we'd use ...

All living organisms, including ourselves, are the product of how their dead ancestors lived and the diseases and deprivations they suffered. Whether we are talking about a lizard that spends its days ...

Eric Joyce does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Faculty member, Susan Liebman, Ph.D., research professor in UNRMed's Department of Pharmacology, published a new book, “The Dressmaker’s Mirror: Sudden Death, Genetics, and a Jewish Family’s Secret.” ...

Cancer genetics has, during the past 10 years, been more or less an established subspecialty of clinical genetics and oncology involving as well the clinical geneticists as oncologists, surgeons and ...

These books make for great additions to a school or classroom library. They can be used to enrich learning about lifecycles and reproduction by giving students a gentle introduction to DNA and ...

Head of Zeus has signed Richard Dawkins’ The Genetic Book of the Dead, in which The Selfish Gene (OUP) author “explores the untapped potential of DNA to transform and transcend our understanding of ...

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