Genetics researcher and senior vice president of the pharmaceutical giant, David Cox, has passed away unexpectedly at age 66.
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Long-term, life, and disability insurers may still be able to deny coverage to patients with a genetic disease, under current nondiscrimination legislation.
Scientists provide evidence for the existence of four-stranded human DNA, which has previously only been theorized and synthesized.
The US Food and Drug Administration approves the first flu vaccine made from recombinant proteins rather than a weakened virus.
Fecal transplants outcompeted traditional antibiotics at curing a deadly intestinal infection.
People carrying a certain gene variant that dictates fresh underarms are less likely to wear antiperspirant.
By analyzing a collection of 24 genetic variations, researchers are able to predict the hair and eye color of long-dead humans.
Transplanting synthetic stool made of beneficial microbes cures deadly diarrheal infections in two patients.
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