The crucial importance of language in the debate over the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic tests
The crucial importance of language in the debate over the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic tests
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
The largest collection of genetic and medical data in the United States links telomeres and genetic variants to longevity and disease.
New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.
| November 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the November 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Continued overfishing of forage fish such as sardines and herring can result in devastating ecological and economic outcomes.
Successive awakening of soil microbes drives a huge pulse of CO2 following the first rain after a dry summer.
Snapshots from an annual meeting that celebrates the birth of a prominent biologist
First, Aravinda Chakravarti drew a map of how scientists might unravel the genetics of complex disease. Then he blazed the trail.