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By now, most of us have read the stories about the upheaval DNA testing can cause by exposing unwanted pregnancies, extramarital affairs and secret adoptions. What is often less appreciated...Read More

Dog owners have all experienced them. Those cringe-worthy moments when the beloved family pet lick’s another dog’s anus, or tries to eat its poop. As odd as it seems, however,...Read More

How different are we genetically? No two humans are identical with respect to their DNA sequences. The complete stretch of DNA is present within 23 chromosome pairs in individuals: one...Read More

Could increasing aggressive and violent children’s intake of zinc, B group vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids do more to prevent mass shootings at our schools than further restricting gun sales?...Read More

When it comes to infectious disease, few evoke revulsion like parasites and particularly parasitic worms known as “helminths.”  We’ve all winced after reading about the life cycle of the American...Read More

The UK Biobank project is an open source large scale epidemiological project aimed at prospectively collecting data on large number of phenotypes and genotypes across large number of individuals (1)....Read More

Education and health Each of us has a different learning and recall ability and the chances of a person with good cognitive performance doing well academically are extremely high. There...Read More

While the more affluent societies of the West continue to debate the specter of genetically engineered babies, dozens of researchers around the world are using epigenetics to zero in on...Read More

  What is DNA testing? Most of us know the term ‘DNA testing’, also known as genetic sequencing, from its use in crime solving and in paternity disputes (1). However,...Read More

Identity testing has come a long way since the early days and is something that has brought about innovations across a variety of different sectors. The ability to identify and...Read More

What are the gut microbiota and gut microbiome? The human gastrointestinal tract (gut) is populated by an enormously heterogeneous and different group of microorganisms (up of trillions of cells and...Read More

What is Multiple Myeloma? Multiple myeloma is a treatable but incurable cancer of the blood in which certain immune cells (known as plasma cells) accumulate in the bone marrow, which...Read More

It is a major understatement to say that cell replication is a complex activity. Generation of a new cell really is like “starting over,” but this beginning is a bootstrap...Read More

What is Gilbert’s Syndrome? Gilbert’s syndrome, also known as familial nonhemolytic jaundice or hyperbilirubinemia 1, is a common, benign genetic hepatic dysfunction that occurs when the liver does not process...Read More

What is celiac disease? Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease (a failure of the body's immune system that induces the body to attack its own tissues) in which gluten activates...Read More