What Role Does Evolution Play in Mental Illness?
Recent work has revealed the role of natural selection, in turn offering a glimpse at how the genetic underpinning of mental illness has changed.
Data is at the heart of applicable genomics. As the volume and depth of genomic data grows, bioinformaticians are translating the data into interpretable patterns leading to new biological insight.
Recent work has revealed the role of natural selection, in turn offering a glimpse at how the genetic underpinning of mental illness has changed.
27 novel genes have been linked to tumour suppressor activity by a new statistical model and may be able to serve as targets for future anti-cancer therapies
The Broad Cancer Dependency Map team adds CRISPR-based data from 342 cancer cell lines to their growing catalogue of genetic dependencies in cancer.
The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project has completed its first public data release, coinciding with the Project’s second anniversary and the recruitment of their 4,000 participant
Overcoming challenges of transferring large data to and from the Cloud, while achieving maximum data transfer efficiency, reliability, and security. Available on-demand.
The source code for a crime lab program has been made available, exposing to public scrutiny a disputed technique for analysing complex DNA evidence.
Synthego, a company focusing on genome engineering solutions, is the first company Intel has invested in within the bioinformatics/CRISPR space.
Major milestone in decoding the human genome: by linking genes across all chromosome of many individual people to specific tissues and disease processes.
Genetic Testing Labs: Seize the Moment!
Patrick Short explores why there is no human that’s been born that’s 5x faster than the rest of us, with 7 billion people and opportunities for mutations.
GA4GH has unveiled its new strategic plan for the next five years, which hopes to improve and define genomic data sharing standards on an international level
BC Platforms has announced a new partnership with Biogen, Microsoft, and the ACP to grant access to better data and to support collaborations that will improve research into MS
Jeffrey Reid takes us behind the scenes, providing us with an insight into challenges and exciting developments within computational biology and genomics.
Kuwait has revoked a proposed law that would have required all citizens and visitors to submit samples of their DNA, following fears of data abuse.
A rise in personal devices such as iPhones and Fitbits is enabling more scientists’ access to a wider range of information.