Mapping a human cell gives researchers a view of subcellular architecture and sheds light on how cancer develops.

(Michael Hogue / Michael Hogue) Twenty years ago, a global team of scientists completed what was once thought to be an impossible task: They sequenced the human genome, creating a map of the ...

But in the meantime, there's still work to be done to truly realize all the bounty of the mapping of the human genome. Stephen T. Warren, PhD, professor of human genetics at Emory University ...

The first time was in 2000, when Bill Clinton announced the “first survey of the entire human genome” at a White House ceremony, calling it “the most important and most wondrous map ever p ...

It continues 25 years of research at deCODE genetics into how new diversity is generated in the human genome, and its relationship to health and disease. The new map, appearing today in the online ...

Until now, geneticists have used a single human genome, largely based on one individual, as a standard reference map for the detection of genetic changes that cause disease. This has likely missed ...

In a recent study published in Nature Biotechnology, researchers explored the causes of cancer by mapping somatic mutation rates across the human genome. Study: Genome-wide mapping of somatic ...

Since the human genome was first sequenced in 2003 ... a cultural melting-pot with a complex history written in its genes. “Mapping the genetics of Brazil not only can help us improve the ...

Edited by Karen Young Kreeger K.H. Buetow, J.L. Weber, S. Ludwigsen, T. Scherpbier-Heddema, G.M. Duyk, V.C. Sheffield, Z. Wang, J.C. Murray, "Integrated human genome ...

There is growing enthusiasm in the scientific community about the prospect of mapping and sequencing the human genome, a monumental project that will have far-reaching consequences for medicine, ...