COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. (Sept. 14, 2009) - Many human diseases-including Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, cancer, and cardiovascular disease-are caused by multiple genetic variants and the ...

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The groundbreaking new book “Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations,” published Sept. 13 by Oxford University Press, addresses one of today’s greatest conservation challenges.

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All living organisms, including ourselves, are the product of how their dead ancestors lived and the diseases and deprivations they suffered. Whether we are talking about a lizard that spends its days ...

These books make for great additions to a school or classroom library. They can be used to enrich learning about lifecycles and reproduction by giving students a gentle introduction to DNA and ...

A reader emailed me to ask what I thought would be a good way to better understand some of the more technical posts I put up. First, two course notes which I've found useful as personal references: - ...

Faculty member, Susan Liebman, Ph.D., research professor in UNRMed's Department of Pharmacology, published a new book, “The Dressmaker’s Mirror: Sudden Death, Genetics, and a Jewish Family’s Secret.” ...

Head of Zeus has signed Richard Dawkins’ The Genetic Book of the Dead, in which The Selfish Gene (OUP) author “explores the untapped potential of DNA to transform and transcend our understanding of ...

Contrary to media hype, the relevance of genetics to medicine did not begin with the Human Genome Project. The fields of reproductive and pediatric medicine have long relied heavily on genetic testing ...