With the exception of infectious diseases, examination of the environmental causes of illness has been piecemeal. Gary Miller, a toxicologist at Columbia University who also addressed the meeting, ...

Since the mapping of the human genome in 2003, synthetic biology has reached a new milestone. British researchers are now tackling the synthesis of human DNA (in other words, the creation of an ...

How much carbon can the ocean absorb, and what happens to it as the planet warms? Sonya Dyhrman, a microbial oceanographer and professor at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is trying to answer these ...

In June, 2025, the Wellcome Trust announced an ambitious £10 million UK project called the Synthetic Human Genome Project (SynHG) and claimed it “will unlock a deeper understanding of life, leading to ...

An investment here could have big implications for drug costs, value-based care, and population health. Seventeen health systems are investing in a genomic database that could significantly drive down ...

The project focuses on increasing the diversity of genetic data and improving outcomes of conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and triple-negative breast cancer.

On 16 February, the Paranymph Hall of the University of Barcelona's Historic Building hosted the opening ceremony of the ...

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes, the DNA blueprint ...

Impact of mapping the human genome on the patient-physician relationship / Albert R. Jonsen -- Educating clinicians about genetics / Vincent M. Riccardi -- Medicine, gene therapy, and society / ...

The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute has received a $2 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation for ongoing research to develop a comprehensive map of human genetic variation. The Human Genome ...

In January 2025, the government of India announced the completion of the GenomeIndia Project, which entailed sequencing the genomes of 10,000 Indians across 83 communities. The project, launched in ...