Among them was David Liu, a biochemist at the Broad Institute and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Liu isn’t a ...

There is no known cure for Huntington's disease. A genetic mutation creates harmful proteins that accumulate and cause the disease's typical symptoms. A team from the Department of Human Genetics at ...

Researchers say the deep learning model may help to create leads for new cancer diagnostics, patient stratification, and future therapies.

For decades, biologists have known that the instructions for life are written in DNA, yet the vast majority of those letters seemed to sit in the dark, doing little that was obvious. Now a new ...

A small change to a powerful molecular tool — using the CRISPR-Cas13 enzyme, which can detect RNA from viruses and cells — ...

Gene regulation is far more predictable than previously believed, scientists conclude after developing the deep learning ...

Scientists have pinpointed the exact genetic variant that transforms the beloved herb into a sudsy nightmare for 14% of the ...

A new generation of artificial intelligence is starting to read the human genome with a fluency that would have sounded like ...

In 1972, a pregnant woman’s blood sample was collected for routine tests. It was here that something unusual was discovered: her blood lacked a surface antigen, known as the AnWj antigen, which was ...

Actor turned rare disease advocate Luke Rosen tells how his daughter, Susannah, lives with a KIF1A-associated neurological ...

A test using a zebrafish model helped clinicians rule out SMA in two children, showing its potential use to clarify genetic ...