Scientists are expected to reveal next week the first fruits of mapping the human genome, dubbed the "genetic code book." Some people, however, fear that the information could be used unethically. CBS ...

COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. (Sept. 14, 2009) - Many human diseases-including Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, cancer, and cardiovascular disease-are caused by multiple genetic variants and the ...

The groundbreaking new book “Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations,” published Sept. 13 by Oxford University Press, addresses one of today’s greatest conservation challenges.

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All living organisms, including ourselves, are the product of how their dead ancestors lived and the diseases and deprivations they suffered. Whether we are talking about a lizard that spends its days ...

Cancer genetics has, during the past 10 years, been more or less an established subspecialty of clinical genetics and oncology involving as well the clinical geneticists as oncologists, surgeons and ...