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The genomic entrepreneur has struck a deal with a South African health insurer to sequence the exomes of its customers.

This year’s awards honor research on bee stings, appendicitis, kissing, and more.

Researchers find evidence of gene flow from parasitoid wasps to the butterflies and moths they lay eggs in.

Evening consumption of the drug leads human circadian rhythms to lag.

In a small study, researchers find a link between an individual’s skin microbiome and the ability to clear a bacterial infection. 

Researchers present sonogenetics, a technique to activate select Caenorhabditis elegans neurons with ultrasound waves.

A genetic predisposition toward learning poorly from negative outcomes may influence behaviors leading to weight gain, a study shows.

Some doctors advise shoppers to be skeptical of a newly marketed cancer diagnostic.

Cortical interneurons in mice exhibit activity-dependent alterations to their characteristic firing patterns.

Researchers describe H. naledi, an ancient human ancestor of unknown age that may have buried its dead.

A study of deceased patients who received injections of cadaver-derived growth hormone hints at the possible transmissibility of Alzheimer’s disease. 

The composition of the plaque microbiome can reveal a child’s risk of dental caries months before the decay appears, according to a study.