A New Risk for Teenage Fathers
Researchers have found that teenage dads pass on more genetic mutations to their children than previously thought.
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Why Precision Medicine Will Not Create a Medical Revolution
Medicine, with few exceptions, grows by evolution, not revolution. And geneticists working on complex diseases have a long, difficult road ahead.
The Pentagon Has Finally Identified the Remains of a POW Lost Since 1942
Long buried alongside hundreds of unknown U.S. soldiers in the Philippines, Private Arthur “Bud” Kelder is on his way home after a lawsuit by his family.
Sequenced in the U.S.A.: A Desperate Town Hands Over Its DNA
The new American economy in three tablespoons of blood, a Walmart gift card, and a former mill town's DNA.
We Now Can Edit Our Genes, but Should We?
Some gene-shifting possibilities once only thought to be in the realm of science fiction could soon be a reality.
Did Fate Bring Us Together? Or Was It Our DNA?
New research finds genetic similarity between spouses.
The Value of Taping Interrogations
A report advocating death penalty reforms finds that false confessions in capital cases can be limited by recording the questioning of suspects.
Your Genes Are Obsolete
Genes don't consistently do what we once thought they would, so it's time to reconsider what we mean when we say the word.
Are Lab Mice of Men?
There have always been limitations to experiments done on mice, but new technology, which allows scientists to replace mouse genes with human genes, could clear the way for new ground to be broken.
Pentagon Finally Overhauls Effort to Identify Its Missing
The restructuring promises to address many of the problems laid out in a recent ProPublica and NPR investigation.