Researchers recently announced that they would share comprehensive human cancer genome data for free access by the scientific community to be used in research regarding cancer and other diseases.

MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- To speed progress against cancer and other diseases, the St.

CARLSBAD, Calif., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Life Technologies Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Life Technologies

A large survey of human genetic variation, published today in the online version of the journal Science, shows that rare genetic variants are not so rare after all and offers insights into human diseases.

Scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM) at the University of Edinburgh have discovered an enzyme that corrects the most common mistake in mammalian DNA.