Pharmacogenomic (PGx) testing is a growing area of personalized medicine with demonstrated clinical utility in improving patient outcomes in oncology. PGx testing of pharmacogenes affecting drug ...

The field of biology moves at lightning speed. Every year brings revolutionary discoveries that reshape our understanding of life itself. From CRISPR gene editing to artificial intelligence diagnosing ...

A collection of over forty new studies about the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) has now been published in Nature. This work encompasses the efforts of more than 3,600 HCA members from over one hundred ...

More than half of all deaths in the world today are attributed to diseases driven by chronic inflammation, from cancer to stroke to heart disease to diabetes. Northwestern Engineering's Shana Kelley ...

The beautiful, fascinating and often perplexing world around us grows from intricate and convoluted interactions of millions of pieces. As scientists, we work to understand and describe the parts and ...

The world is experiencing a hidden epidemic with kidney disease. More than 850 million people worldwide have some form of kidney disease, which is roughly double the number of people who live with ...

Cyanobacteria are single-celled microbes that can photosynthesize, and they helped generate Earth's atmosphere to make complex life possible. Cyanobacteria still help to maintain life on Earth, and ...

This past month in my office, I’ve seen many tears, prompting reflection on what they signify. New Year’s Eve often serves as a temporal landmark, a psychological marker that encourages intense ...