A study from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) has found a genetic cause for a rare disease that causes […]
CRISPR gene-editing is a technique that allows the genomes of living organisms to be modified. Naturally, this has been looked […]
Tackling Disease-Related Repeat Expansion Analysis – Marzia Rossato What is the Dark Genome? The dark genome refers to parts of […]
It is well documented that the genetic risk for Alzheimer’s has a sex bias. Sex bias in Alzheimer’s Carrying a […]
Binx Health and Sherlock Biosciences have announced a partnership to develop the world’s first point-of-care diagnostic test for COVID-19 using […]
Sequenced genomes retain a surprisingly large number of “dark” regions – sections that have proven difficult to characterise via short-read […]
Single nucleotide variants (SNVs) are implicated in about half of all genetic diseases and so, accurately targeting and editing these […]
The genetic information of a cancerous tumour is typically obtained by sequencing the tumour cells together, rather than analysing them […]
*** This post was written by Dr. Anja Brunner, science writer (Science Inbound) Armed with a decade of experience in […]
The ability to sequence a patient’s genome can be an invaluable tool in healthcare, especially as we move towards more […]