Genome

Washington University scientists are identifying genetic features of flu viruses to investigate how to predict flu pandemics. In a study published in the…

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…

Four of the top twenty-one influential researchers in the world live in the St. Louis area.The researchers are from Washington University in St. Louis and…

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

An international consortium of researchers has sequenced the genomes of more than 1000 people, creating the largest catalog yet of human genetic…

A federal panel is calling for stronger privacy protections for human genetic data.In a report out today, the Presidential Commission for the Study of…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 28, 2012 - The dynamic of man vs. machine has fascinated the world for decades, but the new…

An international team of researchers has sequenced the genomes of two species of orangutan.Lead researcher Devin Locke of the Genome Center at Washington…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 5, 2010 - Maurice Green, a prominent Saint Louis University virologist, went out of his way not…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 3, 2010 - Gene researchers looking for the genes that cause inherited diseases have been having…