Genomic identification method provides diagnoses for 145 families with rare conditions

A new genomic method has enabled multiple people with rare conditions to receive diagnoses that were previously unattainable ...
Nature

‘Biotech Barbie’ says the time has come to consider CRISPR babies. Do scientists agree?

A company’s plan to edit the genomes of human embryos worries some researchers — but it might reflect the changing attitudes towards the controversial approach.

Evolutionary comparison points to pigs as superior models for human pancreas and diabetes research

Pancreas development in pigs resembles humans much more closely than does the established mouse model. An international team ...
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Scientists create detailed single-cell map of the developing human brain

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have created one of the most comprehensive single cell maps of the developing human brain. The atlas captures nearly every cell type, ...
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Brain’s epigenetic blueprint is largely set before birth, offering clues to autism and schizophrenia

Researchers have created a detailed map of chemical modifications to DNA that occur in the human brain from the earliest ...