New research investigated who uses the wide array of tools available to people who've received their own raw genetic data and want to maximize what they learn from it.
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Superfast DNA analysis is now being used to crack medical mysteries when physicians can't figure out whether an infectious microbe is causing the disease.
A ban on clinical trials involving gene editing rules out the controversial procedure done in China. But it also prevents procedures that could offer couples a chance for healthy children without genetic disorders.
Despite privacy concerns over police use of DNA uploaded to ancestry websites, many people are just excited that their genetic material could get a killer off the streets.
The glue that gives spider webs their stickiness is a form of spider silk protein. Researchers can imagine cool uses for a synthetic version – but had to wait for the tricky glue gene to be sequenced.
As DNA testing becomes cheaper, it becomes more feasible to screen large numbers of healthy people for their risk of disease.
A new technology has enabled neuroscientists to examine the chemistry of individual brain cells. The finding reveal how genes are regulated differently in brain cells of people with autism compared to neurotypical people.
Canadian audiences did not object to Ancestry's ad which romanticized Canada as “Promised land,” but they should have.
You are probably familiar with graphics depicting the double helix structure of DNA. But have you ever seen a single DNA molecule standing straight?
Humans aren't the only animals to learn survival tricks from each other.
Estimating our ancestry is hard – because our backgrounds are much more mixed up than we thought. So don't take your DNA ancestry test results literally: they're just a prediction.
Scientists and ethicists have called for a five-year moratorium on editing human genes that will pass on to future generations. Yes, society needs to figure out how to proceed – but is this the best way?
According to current regulations, animals that have been genetically edited, like pigs or cows, are considered drugs. What are the consequences of such rules on American livestock and agriculture?
Let’s worry about the future of Brexit, not its prehistory.
When you share your genetic data – even with the NHS – you don't know where it will end up, or how it will be used.
On average, important new lab techniques like CRISPR take 23 years to develop – but there is a public expectation that scientific breakthroughs occur quickly and efficiently.
The NHS's plan to offer genome sequencing to the general public, for a fee, raises many important questions.
Genes aren't destiny, but you don't need epigenetics to make the case.
Researchers have increasingly turned to DNA sequencing to help identify and track diseases like Ebola.
Scientists edge closer to truly personalised medicine thanks to advances in genome sequencing.
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Merlin Crossley is a Friend of The Conversation.Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW
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Director, Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, ARC L:aureate Fellow, ARC CoE Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of Adelaide
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Research fellow, Centre for Policy Futures (Genomics), The University of Queensland
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Research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Deputy Director and ARC Future Fellow, Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, University of Adelaide
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Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Biology, Harvard University
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Research Assistant Professor in Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore
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Doctoral Student in Biochemistry, University of Washington
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Head, Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Associate Professor and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of New South Wales, UNSW
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NHMRC Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
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Associate professor, Australian National University
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Director of Food Innovation, University of Adelaide
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Professor, Head of Trace and Environmentl DNA (TrEnD) Laboratory, Curtin University, Curtin University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne
