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...

Dutch Researchers Collaborate on Huge Genetic Data Project as First Step Towards Customized Treatment

In the Netherlands, six Dutch universities are working together using big data gathered from the DNA from thousands of different people to help figure...

Likelihood of Getting Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Could Be Linked To Genetics

In New York, scientists from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium PTSD Working Group found that genetics have more to do with getting post traumatic stress...

Masterful Microbes Munch on Ocean Plastic

In Spain, researchers think we can thank microbes in the ocean for the lower amounts of plastic in the ocean than expected based on...

DNA evidence is putting rhino poachers behind bars

In South Africa, researchers from the University of Pretoria and Russia-based St. Petersburg State University are using DNA evidence to successfully link rhinoceros horns...

White Guinea yam genome sequencing could help millions in Africa with staple food crop

In Japan, researchers led by the Iwate Biotechnology Institute Research Center performed genome analysis of white Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata) to accelerate marker-assisted breeding...

Sourdough bread microbes unlock key for microbiomes

In Massachusetts, Tufts University and North Carolina State University researchers are looking at microbes present in over 570 sourdough bread samples from around the...

Regeneron, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and others to accelerate largest ‘big data’ genome biobank

In New York, Regeneron plans to sequence the exomes of all 500,000 people within the UK Biobank resource, all with associated health records, creating...

agBOT Challenge 2017 Teams Forming for Unmanned Robotic System Competitions

In Indiana, competitors, including a wide range of schools, farmers and entrepreneurs from all over the country, are announced for the 2017 agBOT Challenge....

How Do We Know Stories Passed Down Through Generations Are True? Genomic Data Confirms...

In Illinois, researchers at the University of Illinois and Pennsylvania State University have proven through genomic data that what aboriginal communities oral histories have...

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