DNA

23andMe raises $115M to grow its DNA health test technology globally

Posted in Science on 15th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

The company offers customers a report with information about your health and ancestry, covering 254 diseases and conditions.

The Genomics Revolution:

Posted in Featured, Medicine on 1st Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

From evolution by natural selection to evolution by intelligent direction.

Gene Editing Startup Raises $120 Million to Apply CRISPR to Medicine

Posted in Business on 10th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

Editas Medicine has raised $120 million to create treatments with CRISPR, including ones for cancers, retinal disease, and sickle cell anemia.

Womens immune system genes operate differently from mens

Posted in Science on 2nd Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

A new technology reveals that immune system genes switch on and off differently in women and men, and the source of that variation is not primarily in the DNA.

The CRISPR craze: gene editing poised to change medicine and industry

Posted in Medicine on 29th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

CRISPR/Cas for gene editing has the ability to make targeted changes in DNA sequences in living cells with ease and affordability.