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This rare genetic condition isn’t a fruit allergy or sensitivity. Could it explain your symptoms?
Two genomic variants contribute to the risk of breast cancer in black South African women.
Curiosity-driven research is exactly what it sounds like: research driven by the goal of understanding nature without regard for application.
The new study reinforces warnings from doctors about abortion laws with limited or no exceptions.
What might an updated newborn screening program look like?
A recent change to South Africa’s national health research guidelines contains newly added language that appears to permit the use of genome editing to create genetically modified children.
No treatments are currently available to cure Parkinson’s disease. Better understanding the genetic foundation of this condition can help researchers find ways to slow or halt its progression.
Many evolutionary changes also come with costs.
Many people know someone with a genetic disease, but few understand how gene mutations work.
Fragile X syndrome is the most common inherited form of intellectual disability. Using short bits of DNA to fix improperly transcribed genes may one day be a potential treatment option.
Genetics expert Jean Bennett explains how gene therapy is being used to treat certain forms of inherited blindness.
Chemist David Liu explains how gene editing is paving the way to treating and even curing certain genetic diseases.
At the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, experts gather to discuss the path forward for CRISPR and other gene-editing technologies
FTD leads to changes in personality and behavior. Understanding its genetic and molecular causes could lead to new ways to treat neurodegenerative diseases.
Gene therapies and vaccines are often injected into muscle cells that are inefficient at producing desired proteins. Making them work more like liver cells could lead to better treatment outcomes.
For women with a family history of serious genetic disorders, abortion is a critical option: a security feature that allows them to consider having children.
New payment models may mean more of the people who need these treatments can get them.
Three pioneering technologies have forever altered how researchers do their work and promise to revolutionize medicine, from correcting genetic disorders to treating degenerative brain diseases.
The first full human genome was sequenced 20 years ago. Now, a project is underway to sequence 1 million genomes to better understand the complex relationship between genetics, diversity and disease.
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Professor of Bioethics, University of Sydney
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Chair, The Conversation Media Group
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Professor and Director, Centre for Genetic Diseases, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University
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Co-Director, Health and Policy, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Fellow, History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor of Law & Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, Cardiff University
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Clinical Geneticist at Victorian Clinical Genetics Services and Researcher in Craniofacial Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor, School of Medicine, Neuroscience Research Australia
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Professor of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
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Associate Professor, Garvan Institute
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Professor, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, Cardiff University
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Researcher, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa