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Undated image made available by the National Human Genome Research Institute shows the output from a DNA sequencer. (NHGRI via AP, File)
November 20, 2025, 11:56 pm
ChatGPT for genetics: Nvidia, Sheba join forces on AI engine for personalized medicine
Scientists say the AI research engine will be able to decode the majority of the human genome that remains obscure, opening the door to new drug discovery and personalized medicine
By Sharon Wrobel
This undated image made available by the National Human Genome Research Institute shows the output from a DNA sequencer. (NHGRI via AP)
April 1, 2022, 12:18 am
Capping off decades of work, scientists finish decoding entire human genome
Researchers say the finished project will give humanity a greater understanding of our evolution and biology, while also opening the door to new medical discoveries
By laura ungar
Scientists analyze DNA helix and editing genomes within organisms using CRISPR technology (elenabs via iStock by Getty Images)
May 24, 2021, 2:20 pm
New Israeli tech gives accuracy boost to microscopic scissors for DNA editing
The CRISPR technique snips DNA, but what if it cuts the wrong location in the genome without scientists realizing? Software innovation provides alerts
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: Joyful man, cured of the disease, standing at a railway station in a medical mask (iStock/Nikolay Chekalin)
June 25, 2020, 1:08 pm
Kinder COVID? Israeli lab probes whether virus mutating to become less vicious
As Italian doctor says virus has changed from an ‘aggressive tiger’ to a ‘wild cat,’ Tel Aviv virologist is tasked by Health Ministry to test ‘attenuation’ theory
By Nathan Jeffay
An illustrative image of DNA editing (CIPhotos; iStock by Getty Images)
June 4, 2020, 8:10 pm
Israel aiming to enable unprecedented human DNA edits, to help cure illnesses
Genome editing is promising but imprecise, so Israel is setting up a consortium to make technology more exact; hopes to pave the way for pinpointed tweaks to human DNA
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: Burial of individual analyzed in the Canaanite study, from about 1600 BC. (Dr. Claude Doumet-Serhal/Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
May 28, 2020, 6:06 pm
How the Canaanites, Biblical frenemies of the Israelites, kept genetic integrity
Major study shows Canaanites maintained coherent genetic mix even though they were widely dispersed, and it can still be discerned in modern Arabic-speaking and Jewish populations
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Carl Zimmer got his genome examined when he found out he was going to be a father. (Courtesy)
June 25, 2018, 5:53 am
Hands-on science journalist unlocks the secrets of genetic hand-me-downs
Through self-experimentation and posting his genome online, Carl Zimmer learns what heredity really means — and why DNA and lineage are not one and the same
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative photo: In scans of 1,000 brains, the study found little that distinguished those of autistic people. (photo credit: Example)
September 27, 2016, 3:06 pm
Study brings grasp of autism gene a ‘step closer’
Ben-Gurion University researchers hope new understanding of genetic basis of autism will lead to earlier diagnosis
By Shoshanna Solomon
Picture of wheat (Courtesy)
August 3, 2016, 1:19 pm
NRGene eyes human genomes with ‘game changing’ tech
Israeli startup is confident it will have hundreds more plant and animal genomes sequenced by year’s end
By Shoshanna Solomon
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