A team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists has shown, for the first time, that a gene "silencer" that resides in junk DNA is directly sparing people from a devastating ...

A team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists has shown, for the first time, that a gene ...

The spread of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) has reached concerning levels in Rajasthan, particularly in its tribal districts.

In honor of Rare Disease Day on February 28, 2025, we will publish a series of posts throughout the month on As Prescribed ...

Conservative supporters of government deregulation want to do away with state-imposed licensing requirements, a move genetic counselors say will harm patients.

Genes play a big role in health, including the risk of developing certain diseases and the effectiveness of various ...

Understanding prostate cancer and the role genetics play can be very important for your health. With one in nine men affected by this disease, scientists at Hartford ...

Last year, at the Open Day of the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), a biology research institute in ...

How Much Does a Genetic Counselor Make? Genetic Counselors made a median salary of $95,770 in 2023. The best-paid 25% made $108,090 that year, while the lowest-paid 25% made $83,380. The ...

Scientists from a collaboration of Australian research institutions have proposed that editing multiple genetic variants in human embryos could significantly lower the likelihood of developing ...

Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still carry the genetic fingerprint of that intermixing. Since then ...