Lisa Strug, a senior scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children, says a newly published 'pangenome' will help researchers 'to get out those dark regions of the genome that are harbouring variation ...

This latest era of medicine is quickly being defined by the breakthroughs we’re making in genetics. Thanks to tools like CRISPR, there’s a ton of interest in treating and curing diseases that have a ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during reproduction. The map marks a major step in the understanding of genetic ...

For an eternity now, it seems, people have counted on various and sundry external forces to bring us closer together as a species. Love, tolerance, peace, understanding, et cetera, et cetera. And now, ...

The evolutionary history of dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated over 14,000 years ago, includes artificial selection, population bottlenecks, and inbreeding, which has resulted in over 400 ...

Scientists have a gift for Canada's 150th birthday — and as presents go, it's certainly unique. A team of molecular geneticists at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children has sequenced the genome of the ...

Andrew Sharpe and Curtis Pozniak of the University of Saskatchewan are key co-authors of a paper published Thursday in the journal Science that lays out the first complete and accurate map of the ...

Scientists last year finished the momentous task of completely mapping the human genome — an accomplishment that, by comparing it with an individual's genetic information, helps catch problems that ...