Human genome
Study Finds Psychiatric Disorders and Personality Traits are Linked to Specific Genomic Locations
| Arthur Dominic Villasanta | | Dec 09, 2016 10:17 AM EST |
Past meta-analyses of twin and family studies attribute some 40 percent of variance in personality to genetic factors.
Scientists Plan to Create Synthetic Human Genome
| Ana Verayo | | Jun 04, 2016 12:48 AM EDT |
Scientists propose an ambitious plan to create a synthetic human genome for health applications such as artificial organs.
Project to Create Synthetic Human Genomes Would Make Us God
| Arthur Dominic Villasanta | | May 15, 2016 03:18 AM EDT |
The project proposes to use chemicals to manufacture all the DNA contained in human chromosomes.
Genetic Manipulation: Scientists Fear The Dire Consequence of CRISPR Editing
| Claire Baguio | | Sep 16, 2015 12:54 PM EDT |
Human knowledge has expanded so much that genetic manipulation had become as easy as editing a document in the computer. Chinese scientists shocked the world's scientific and academic community when they tried to manipulate the DNA of a human embryo.
Big Data Analysis Helps Researchers Understand Genes and How They Work
| Sami Ghanmi | | May 04, 2015 05:19 PM EDT |
With big data analysis, researchers have established how genes function together within 144 different human tissues and cell types.
Chinese Scientists Modifying Human Embryos Create Ethical Issues
| Marco Foronda | | Apr 23, 2015 09:34 AM EDT |
The team tried to change the gene which is responsible for beta-thalassaemia, a potentially fatal blood disorder, using a gene-editing technique known as CRISPR/Cas9.
New Genome Study Can Help Solving Gene-Disease Links
| Marco Foronda | | Mar 26, 2015 11:49 AM EDT |
Researchers embarked on a massive gene-sequencing program involving 2,636 Icelanders, and because of something known as the founder effect.
An Evolutionary "Arms Race" Shaped the Human Genome
| Marc Maligalig | | Sep 29, 2014 02:29 AM EDT |
Jumping events are able to distort normal genes and cause disease depending on where a cop of the retrotransposons are inserted into the genome.
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