Your DNA Can Now Be Pulled From Thin Air

According to a research report published on Monday in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, it is now possible to extract your DNA from thin air. David Duffy, a wildlife geneticist at the University of Florida, just wanted a better way to track disease in sea turtles. Then he started finding human DNA everywhere he […]

How Genetics Determine Our Life Choices

An Icelandic company called deCODE genetics, which has sequenced more whole genomes than any other institution in the world, is trying to find out how genetics determine our life choices. In the subterranean depths of a granite building on the outskirts of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík, a robot is slowly and methodically shuffling the chilled blood […]

First UK Baby With DNA From Three People Born After New IVF Procedure

A new IVF procedure called mitochondrial donation treatment (MDT) has resulted in the birth of the first UK baby with DNA from three people. The first UK baby created with DNA from three people has been born after doctors performed a groundbreaking IVF procedure that aims to prevent children from inheriting incurable diseases. The technique, […]

Get Your Genome Sequenced For Just $200

Get Your Genome Sequenced For Just $200

Increased competition could benefit the genomics industry, even though research is generally difficult to convert into real-world health advances. But now, you can get your genome sequenced for just $200.

Biowarfare And The Brave New World

Biowarfare And The Brave New World

‘You can take someone’s DNA and design a weapon that can kill them’: House intelligence committee member warns people not to share health data with sites like 23andMe because it can be used to program new bio-weapons to target them

How Your Thoughts Control Your DNA

DNA was believed to regulate or determine the functions of proteins for a long time. However, according to a new study it is actually your thoughts that control your DNA.