The use of mailed FIT-DNA kits in community health centers significantly increases colorectal cancer screening, though follow ...

A genetic genealogist predicts DNA results in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance could take months after the FBI received a hair ...

Scientists at Durham University, working in partnership with Jagiellonian University in Poland, have developed a new ...

In people with type 1 diabetes (T1D), the immune system shuts down the body's ability to make the hormone insulin, ...

Researchers at Mass General Brigham Heart and Vascular Institute and collaborators have developed and validated a new genetic ...

Advances in human genetics are enabling researchers and clinicians to effectively put together a DNA jigsaw puzzle, without ...

A global team of scientists and clinicians found that a cheap, easy-to-use test for tuberculosis was just as good, if not ...

TB tests use phlegm — not the easiest thing to get or work with. It takes time for results. And there can be false negatives and positives. A new test is more accurate and takes less than half an hour ...

cDNA is produced from RNA templates via reverse transcription and is used in applications like RT-qPCR, microarrays, and RNA-seq. High-quality synthesis depends on intact RNA, removal of genomic DNA, ...

Get your kit in the mail, do a cheek swab + send it off to the lab. (Ben Johnson / Bham Now) In many parts of Alabama, getting specialized healthcare isn’t as simple as booking an appointment.

A new machine learning tool called T1GRS accurately predicts the genetic risk of developing Type 1 diabetes in both children ...