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A new microfluidic chip separates cancer cells from whole blood or minimally-diluted blood using sticky tags, i.e. affinity separation.

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have studied large amounts of data from tissue samples of the skin to map its molecules and their functions.

A maternal blood test based on cell-free DNA could detect innumerable diseases caused by single mutations in the fetal genome.

Changing the ventilation settings for children on life support can reduce the risk of damage to their lungs, researchers at the University of Warwick and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have found on computer simulated patients.

How do fruit flies grow their wings? Scientists discovered a surprising answer that could one day help diagnose and treat human genetic diseases.

Neuroscientists have found that patients born without a gene called CCR5 recover better from mild stroke than patients with the gene.

Skin cells taken from patients with a rare genetic disorder are up to ten times more sensitive to damage from ultraviolet A radiation in laboratory tests, than those from a healthy population, according to new research from the University of Bath.

Researchers have discovered a genetic defect linked to Biliary atresia (BA), the most common pediatric cause of end-stage liver disease, and the leading indication for liver transplantation in children.

A recent study using data from 1.2 million people has discovered several genes associated with an increased use of alcohol and tobacco.

A growing collection of anecdotal stories raises the possibility that nerve injury in an arm or a leg can act as a trigger for the development amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS — a progressive neurodegenerative disease also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, named after the famous New York Yankee who died of it in 1941.