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GeneDx has a big market in mind for its genetic testing: every newborn baby. The 24-year-old-company wants to make the testing common at birth. The goal: Identify potential diseases or conditions so ...

Imagine your doctor calls you to discuss the results of your genetic testing. They tell you your results indicate you are ...

UMD researchers have discovered key mechanisms in gene regulation that could improve the design of RNA-based medicines.

Five years removed from the COVID-19 outbreak, scientists around the world are still studying its effects and, more importantly, ways those effects can be mitigated in the future.

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In two new papers, researchers from The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) report the successful use of two approaches -- gene therapy ...

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

An international research team has identified key genetic factors that confer protective effects against Alzheimer's disease (AD) through a comprehensive genetic analysis of East Asian populations, ...