Key Takeaways Genetic testing is rapidly moving genomics from a niche specialty to becoming more integrated into mainstream clinical practice. Once deployed primarily to diagnose rare and inherited ...

The first time the seemingly healthy woman gave birth, she went into heart failure. She recovered and went on to deliver her ...

Marissa Russo is a former STAT intern supported by the AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship. In what experts are calling a “dream come true,” scientists used a recent biochemical discovery ...

Many corals and sponges form skeletons that support and shape their bodies. Whereas biomineralization—the formation of these ...

Functional genomics, which is seeing how genetic variants behave in biological systems through genetic testing, is offering ...

Genetic advances in Type 2 diabetes (T2D) have led to the discovery and validation of multiple markers for this complex disease. Despite low predictive value of current T2D markers beyond clinical ...

A few years ago, Junius Nottingham Jr. was on a family vacation in Florida with his wife, his daughter and his son, Jeremy. Jeremy was 28 years old, over 6 feet tall and athletic. He had followed his ...