This video from National Geographic outlines some basic concepts in genetics for the layperson, as well as how people, or more specifically, Gregor Mendel began to work in this field of study using ...

How will genetics impact the practice of medicine? The traditional focus of medical genetics is on the diagnosis and management of disorders due to changes in single genes or chromosomes. Major ...

If the human genome project taught us anything, it was that genes are just the beginning of the 'how to build a body' story — otherwise identical twins with their identical genes really would be ...

A gene is a segment of DNA that codifies proteins required in the development and biological activity of any living being. Some A gene is a segment of DNA that codifies proteins required in the ...

Faculty Position in Clinical Genetics, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School: The Division of Genetics at Children’s Hospital Boston is seeking a clinical geneticist to join our growing ...

DNA is the chemical that codes for proteins which determine our physical traits. This molecule is a double coil connected by cross pieces (called bases). There are four bases that can vary in sequence ...

Hyderabad: The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) has launched 'Gyandeep' in collaboration with Genetiks4U, an outreach project funded by India Biosciences and Kendriya Vidyalaya ...

Informed consent is the backbone of patient care. Genetic testing has long required patient consent and patients have had a "right not to know" the results. However, as 21st century medicine now ...

Finally geneticists have sequenced the entire X chromosome - well, 99.3 per cent of it - and their discovery, published in last week's issue of the science magazine Nature, does not auger well for the ...

What if schizophrenia or autism are just symptoms of a deeper disorder? A scientist explains the early, exciting findings from copy number variation (CNV) studies The search for the genetic roots of ...