Genetic

Check out the elephants at risk of extinction, and the wild cats that are bouncing back

Over 45,000 species are now threatened with extinction — 1,000 more than last year — according to an international conservation…

6 days ago

Canada, U.K. launch joint privacy probe into 23andMe data breach

Canada's privacy commissioner is teaming up with his U.K. counterpart to investigate a data breach discovered last year at 23andMe.Philippe…

3 weeks ago

4 years later, COVID remains a year-round threat. Here’s why this virus isn’t seasonal quite yet

This story is part of CBC Health's Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers…

4 weeks ago

Stark exclusion of ethnic minorities in genetic research must change, say experts

A new review has laid out a blueprint for tackling the poor representation of ethnic minority communities in genetic medicine…

4 weeks ago

WHO Awaits Genetic Results After First Human H5N2 Bird Flu Death : ScienceAlert

The WHO said Thursday it was awaiting the full genetic sequence data after a man died of bird flu in…

4 weeks ago

Socioeconomic status can influence genetic risk for many complex diseases

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Differences in socioeconomic status (SES) are known to be linked to differences in the risk of…

1 month ago

Genetic Cause of Rare Neurological Disease Found After 25-Year Search : ScienceAlert

You might not have heard of spinocerebellar ataxia type 4 (SCA4), as it's an incredibly rare condition – but after…

2 months ago

Study identifies genetic link between inflammatory bowel disease and Parkinson’s disease

A new study from Mount Sinai identifies genomic mechanisms underlying both inflammatory bowel disease and Parkinson's disease. Credit: As published…

2 months ago

Researchers show genetic variant common among Black Americans contributes to large cardiovascular disease burden

Credit: AI-generated image Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Duke University showed that a genetic variant, present in 3-4%…

2 months ago

Scientists Unveil the Genetic Blueprint of Blood Pressure

In a comprehensive study published in Nature Genetics, researchers identified over 100 new genomic loci that influence blood pressure, using…

2 months ago

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