Genetic ancestry plays a key role in determining the behavior of head and neck tumors and may help explain why ...

Researchers at LUMC have made a breakthrough in understanding PALB2 mutations, an important cause of hereditary breast cancer ...

Genetic testing is rapidly moving genomics from a niche specialty to becoming more integrated into mainstream clinical practice. Once deployed primarily to diagnose rare and inherited conditions after ...

Small cell lung cancer, or SCLC, is aggressive, lethal and particularly cruel because chemotherapy initially works so well. But within just a few months, SCLC becomes resistant to drugs and dashes ...

The first fifty years of Mendelism. The introduction of Mendelism into human genetics / Milo Keynes. Galton's theory of ancestral inheritance / Michael Bulmer. The reception of Mendelism by the ...

Scientists at UC Davis discovered a small genetic difference that could explain why humans are more prone to certain cancers than our primate cousins. The change affects a protein used by immune cells ...

Personalized medicine is gaining momentum today, allowing a person’s genetic makeup to help guide clinical decisions that are ...

Organoids are three-dimensional miniature models of organs, grown in a dish. They have become a valuable tool for studying ...