by Chris Tachibana | Dec 3, 2014 | ScienceWire
In The Atlantic, Sarah DeWeerdt explains the genetic basis for the saying, “If you’ve seen one kid with autism, you’ve seen one kid with autism.” Genetic analyses are finding hundreds of genes involved in autism. An unexpected benefit: The studies are also connecting...
by Chris Tachibana | Jul 4, 2014 | ScienceWire
It all starts with a bikelight in Bonnie Rochman’s New York Times magazine story, “The MacGyver Cure for Cancer.” Bonnie (@brochman) follows the crowdsourced development of a cervical cancer screening device from an idea in Haiti, around the globe, and back to the...
by Chris Tachibana | Jul 4, 2014 | ScienceWire
Rebecca Hughes (@GHResearch) shows us why zombies aren’t the only beings seeking brains. Joint research projects by the University of Washington, the Allen Institute for Brain Science and Group Health Research Institute are combining data from genetic tests, clinical...
