Evolution is one of the trickiest subjects to teach – and not just because some people find it controversial. The ideas are subtle and the language and concepts can be confusing; how many of us have ...

UAB medical geneticist Bruce R. Korf, M.D., Ph.D., has produced six teaching videos focused on the latest in genetics for clinicians caring for critically ill children in all settings worldwide. The ...

Given this background and challenge, the National Cancer Institute and the NHGRI sponsored 'Genetics in Primary Care: A Brown-Oxford Transatlantic Videoconference', which was co-hosted by the ...

Editor’s note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, ...

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Robert L. Nussbaum, M.D., chief medical officer of invitae and clinical professor of medicine (volunteer) at the University of California, San ...

Kim Finkelstein recently asked her mother for help with her biology homework. It wasn’t to be. “She said they didn’t have DNA [studies] in school, and she couldn’t help me,” lamented the freshman at ...

Brandeis University's Graduate Professional Studies (GPS) is looking for an industry leader to teach in our Master of Science in Bioinformatics program. Brandeis University is consistently ranked ...

Among the major scientific discoveries, that of genetics has revolutionized our vision of the living world. Scientists now have access to the blueprints of many living beings, from the smallest ...

Although cats have lived alongside humans for millennia, it remains a dogs' world. This bias has historically bled into science as well. It's time for cats to get their day, argues veterinary medicine ...

Behavioral genetics was founded as an interdisciplinary field in the 1970s to separate itself from any connection with genetic determinism or with eugenics. (Eugenics aspired to improve humanity ...