Faster genome tests can help save babies
In California, doctors at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego are now able to sequence babies genomes in 19.5 hours instead of the former...
Good Start Genetics First Company to Offer Genetic Testing on Amazon
In Massachusetts, you can now order a saliva based test from Good Start Genetics to find out if you or your spouse have a...
Oxford Genetics Receives Grant from Innovate UK for Bioinformatics Research
In the United Kingdom, Innovate UK gave Oxford Genetics a £1.6 million grant, about $2 million, so they can conduct a research project in...
New method helps ID Lyme disease in early stages
In Colorado, researchers found a way to tell Lyme disease apart from the very similar southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI). Using mass spectrometry, they...
Science Helping to Solve That Love Handle Problem – Researchers Find Enzyme to Help...
In Maryland, researchers at the National Institutes of Health found an enzyme that gets more and more overactive as we age, thus contributing to...
Looking for Extra Cash? Genos Looking to Buy Your DNA Data DNA
In California, you could get paid for participating in Genos’ human exome data gathering project. Human genome sequencing costs have gone down in recent...
Soil microbiome leads to discovery of new antibiotics
In New York, Rockefeller University researchers found and categorized a new class of antibiotics they call malacidins found in soil microbiomes that are active...
Cattle Breeders to Pay Cargill Licensing Fees to Conduct Genetic Work
In Australia, breeders and researchers conducting genetic research or testing will have to pay a licensing fee to Cargill USA and Branhaven LLC every...
Coming Soon to a Store Near You – Genetically Modified Cashmere Sweaters?
In China, scientists have used a genetic editing technique to change a single gene in goats resulting in yes, you heard right, better cashmere...
Oh smell that smell – dead skin cells responsible for office stench
In Hong Kong, Lynyrd Skynyrd fans are loving the latest research to come from Hong Kong Baptist University that says human skin flakes are...