Genetics and epigenetics

Sitting Down With… Robert A. Weinberg, founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

Classifying AML by genetic abnormalities may yield more accurate diagnosis, prognosis and treatment

FDA issues first-ever approval for liquid biopsy companion diagnostic

A new method uses fluorescent proteins to highlight virus-infected cells and shows which proteins are affected

Researcher and entrepreneur explains how she hopes to help others take a great scientific idea to reality

To select the right treatment for each cancer patient, we need fast, accurate and cost effective ways to characterize tumors. Now, with newly developed algorithms and protocols, mate pair sequencing could well be the tool we’ve been seeking

Molecular diagnostics are welcome reinforcements in the raging battle against institutional infection and antibiotic resistance

Ki67 in healthy breast tissue may indicate increased risk of developing the disease

Mutations in the SETD1A gene are rare, but significantly increase patients’ risk of schizophrenia and neurodevelopmental disorders

ANGPTL4 mutations can reduce patients’ risk of heart attack by up to 50 percent – so could neutralizing the gene offer a new route to prevention?