Genetics /tags/genetics Genetics en-US Copyright Mon, 12 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT UT Southwestern researchers study genetics as a cause of autism /health-wellness/2025-05-12/ut-southwestern-researchers-study-genetics-as-a-cause-of-autism Misinformation persists in news and social media about autism spectrum disorder, but UTSW researchers believe answers lie in genetic and environmental factors. Mon, 12 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT /health-wellness/2025-05-12/ut-southwestern-researchers-study-genetics-as-a-cause-of-autism Sam Baker A 3D reconstruction of the woolly mammoth genome might help revive the extinct species /science-technology/2024-07-11/a-3d-reconstruction-of-the-woolly-mammoth-genome-might-help-revive-the-extinct-species With a skin sample from a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth, scientists at the Center for Genome Architecture at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston are gaining new insights into what made the animals tick. The findings could also help controversial de-extinction efforts. Fri, 12 Jul 2024 11:00:11 GMT /science-technology/2024-07-11/a-3d-reconstruction-of-the-woolly-mammoth-genome-might-help-revive-the-extinct-species Rob Stein A Genetic Test That Reveals Alzheimer's Risk Can Be Cathartic Or Distressing /2019-07-12/a-genetic-test-that-reveals-alzheimers-risk-can-be-cathartic-or-distressing Genetic tests can now tell us a lot about our risk for developing Alzheimer's disease. But that doesn't mean people are prepared to receive the information. Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:59:00 GMT /2019-07-12/a-genetic-test-that-reveals-alzheimers-risk-can-be-cathartic-or-distressing Jon Hamilton North Texas Researchers Find A New Screening Process For Rare Genetic Diseases /health-science-tech/2019-05-20/north-texas-researchers-find-a-new-screening-process-for-rare-genetic-diseases Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Health have developed a new screening approach that can more quickly identify diseases hard… Mon, 20 May 2019 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-tech/2019-05-20/north-texas-researchers-find-a-new-screening-process-for-rare-genetic-diseases Sam Baker How The Burmese Python Mastered Extreme Adaptation /health-science-tech/2013-12-03/how-the-burmese-python-mastered-extreme-adaptation The human genome has been in the spotlight for nearly a decade now, but some researchers say we can learn a lot about ourselves from sequencing the… Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:03:05 GMT /health-science-tech/2013-12-03/how-the-burmese-python-mastered-extreme-adaptation Lauren Silverman