May 2021

Research Update May 31, 2021 A new analysis of six sets of genetic data from people from different parts of the world has produced a wealth…

By including multi-ethnic participants, a large-scale genetic study identified more regions of the genome linked to traits linked to type 2 diabetes than if the research had been conducted in Europeans alone. The MAGIC…

Scientists have sequenced and analyzed the genome of the Kordofan melon (Citrullus lanatus subsp. cordophane), a Sudanese form of melon with a whitish non-bitter pulp, and found the subspecies to be the closest relative of domesticated…

What if you could find your one true love through advanced DNA matching technology?Script researcher-turned-business mogul Rebecca Webb's dream in Netflix's sci-fi romantic thriller The one, which tells the story of a dating company called…

In the most detailed genomic study ever conducted on individuals over 100 years of age, researchers looked at several specific genetic characteristics that appear to confer protection against age-related diseases. Genetic variants…