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Jukka Koskela, a senior researcher at the Finnish Institute for Molecular Medicine, studies the complex genetics of various diseases, including rare diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis. Koskela began ...

Scientists are delving deeper and deeper into the complexities of the human genome, and developing an increasingly clear picture of how to prevent and treat diseases with roots in our DNA. The stories ...

* Genetics & Genome Sciences participates in the Biomedical Sciences Training Program (BSTP), an umbrella program that serves, among other capacities, as a central recruiting and admissions portal for ...

Genetic testing has had a shift in the past ten years, as it has left medical laboratories and entered living rooms.