Genetics

Gene editing – a novel technique consisting of editing, replacing or deleting gene sequences – is a growing practice in the St. Louis area.This new…

Rising temperatures in tropical forests along the equator are threatening cacao trees -— the source of beans used in making chocolate. Benson Hill, a St.…

Cardinals are known for their bright red plumage, a color that gives birds an advantage when attracting mates. But what gives them this attractive…

Researchers at Washington University's McDonnell Genome Institute in St. Louis will expand their work into common illnesses like Type 1 diabetes, stroke…

New research from Washington University suggests that schizophrenia is actually a group of eight distinct disorders, each with a different genetic…

Originally published on Wednesday, February 26, 2014. Updated to include audio from St. Louis on the Air.It cost billions of dollars and took more than a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Medical researchers in St. Louis believe the U.S. Supreme Court has strengthened the area’s…

A Utah biotech company argued that its discovery of two genes highly associated with breast and ovarian cancer deserved to be patented. A unanimous court disagreed. Researchers, medical groups and patients had been pushing for the patent to be denied.

Cancer is cruel and it impacts the lives of far too many people and their families. According to the World Health Organization, breast cancer kills…

In separate studies both published today, researchers at Washington University mapped the genomes of two types of cancer: endometrial cancer, and acute…