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A new genetic pathway involved in regulating sleep across species, from fruit flies to humans, has been identified, which could lead to new treatments for insomnia.

Engineers create a device that enables intestinal organoids to develop to unprecedented levels of maturity.

A new study aimed to create a targeted test for predicting placenta accreta spectrum during pregnancy, thus better preparing patients and practitioners for the delivery day.

A new method that uses DNA mutations can be used to determine the average age of conception for men and women across the past 250,000 years.

A new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota, published in Nature, suggests that science and technology are becoming less “disruptive”.

Researchers have published an assessment of 13 studies that took a genotype-first approach to patient care that contrasts with the typical phenotype-first approach to clinical research, which starts with clinical findings.

Nasal swabs used to test for an antiviral protein made by the body could help to detect unexpected, potentially dangerous pathogens.

In a first for the genetic toolset known as CRISPR, a recently discovered protein has been found to act as a kind of multipurpose self-destruct system for bacteria, capable of degrading single-stranded RNA, single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA.

A clinical research team has demonstrated the clinical utility of applying amniotic fluid cells obtained during 16-24 weeks of pregnancy as a novel sample type for RNA-sequencing in prenatal diagnosis.

Smart gadgets in the home might soon be able to tell you what’s wrong with you. But the technology is good news for a lot of other things too.