ETH Zurich scientists have created “MetaGraph,” a revolutionary DNA search engine that functions like Google for genetic data. By compressing global genomic datasets by a factor of 300, it allows ...

In context: Thanks to improvements in DNA sequencing techniques, the number of public repositories containing genetic data is growing at a significant pace. Zurich researchers have been working on a ...

The Internet has Google. Now biology has MetaGraph. Detailed today in Nature, the search engine can quickly sift through the staggering volumes of biological data housed in public repositories. “It’s ...

The tendency to use cannabis is associated with genes linked to impulsive behavior, obesity, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, among other traits, according to a study released Monday by researchers ...

‘Animation companies are under pressure, being asked to do more with less each year.’ Enter Unreal Engine, Epic Games’ Rob Di Figlia argued at MipJunior In unveils, Di Figlia sneak-peeked a 90-second ...

People diagnosed with autism in early childhood may have genetic and developmental differences from those diagnosed in late childhood and onwards. This is the finding of researchers from the ...

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the TODAY show, with the help of breast cancer survivors Jill Martin and Sheryl Crow, hosted Pink Power, an event dedicated to encouraging viewers and fans ...

Genetic testing for ATTR can detect transthyretin mutations and offer crucial information about risk, monitoring, and treatment, if needed. Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a genetic condition that ...

The genetic culprits responsible for the spread of multidrug resistance (MDR) in bacteria have been identified by new research mapping 100 years of bacterial evolution. Experts at the Wellcome Sanger ...

Sept 24 (Reuters) - Harmony Biosciences (HRMY.O), opens new tab said on Wednesday its experimental drug for a rare genetic disorder failed to meet the main goal in a late-stage trial, sending its ...

HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE is arguably the nastiest inherited illness around. Symptoms include involuntary jerking, difficulty swallowing and speaking, lapses of memory, lack of concentration, depression, ...

Researchers from Karolinska Institutet, the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (Germany), Amsterdam UMC (Netherlands), in collaboration with other international partners, have conducted the ...