Stanford Medicine researchers sifted through thousands of single nucleotide mutations in DNA to identify fewer than 400 that are functionally associated with inherited cancer risk.

Stanford scientists have identified 380 key genetic variants that significantly influence cancer development, filtering ...

Funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the project aims to accurately reflect the full range of human diversity worldwide ...

Thousands of single changes in the nucleotides that make up the human genome have been associated with an increased risk of developing cancer.

A combination of human pedigree analysis and fruit fly genetics has identified a gene variant that appears to prevent ...

Regeneron, San Diego-based biotech company Illumina and 17 health systems invested in the $320 million round. Regeneron ...

The grant, given by the National Human Genome Research Institute, will help pay for an initiative in collaboration with Columbia University, the Hastings Center and Case Western Reserve University.

Stanford scientists discovered that a harmless skin bacterium triggers a powerful immune response. By tweaking a bacterial ...

Alida Biosciences (AlidaBio), an innovator in epigenomic research tools, today announced the full commercial launch of its EpiPlex™ platform, the first to concurrently detect and quantify multiple RNA ...

A cancer genome database ... by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) and aims to transform cancer research in the country. In a recent report of the National Cancer Registry ...

A recent study using genome sequencing of 30 elephants has identified five distinct lineages in India, highlighting a ...