As someone whose professional responsibilities are primarily concerned with issues outside of the day-to-day practice of genetic medicine, I am profoundly encouraged by the disciplined and responsible ...

Since the discovery of gene sequencing in the late 1970s, it was predicted that genetics would revolutionize medicine and provide answers to the causes of many of our common killers. But has genetic ...

The full genetic code of a fetus has been cracked. The technique, used by scientists at the University of Washington, could offer parents safer and more comprehensive prenatal testing in the future.

Oncology Fellows' Career Plans, Expectations, and Well-Being: Do Fellows Know What They Are Getting Into? Individuals referred to genetic counseling for cancer at two family cancer clinics in the ...

IN a note on genetics in the U.S.S.R. (NATURE, 139, 185; Jan. 30, 1937), reference was made to the empirical work of Michurin on the hybridization of fruits, and his published work was said not to ...