Discussing human diseases is a common way to engage middle and high school students in genetics. But a series of experiments suggests how teachers approach the discussion could either break down or ...

We've all seen the ads for genetic testing. They seem to come in two forms. In one, testing tells me more about the ancestors I expected to find; in the other, I have to exchange my kilt for ...

Lima pathologist Dr. Joseph Sreenan shows an eighth grade class from Heir Force Academy a cancerous colon specimen. The students visited the Mercy Health Graduate Medical Education Center on Tuesday ...

To paraphrase Milo Minderbinder, the immortal character in Joseph Heller's novel Catch 22, “I lose money on every sale; it's the volume that keeps me in business.” There's a lesson for our field in ...

While genome sequencing may be the new kid on the block--perhaps now with a cracking voice and fuzzy facial hair--predicting phenotypes is the stuff of classical genetics, honed on the rare ...

New research offers clues as to why some diseases are highly variable between individuals. The phenomenon is apparent in people with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that causes the light-sensing ...