“Decoding Annie Parker” portrays hunt for breast cancer genes.
Based on true events, the movie tells the life affirming story of two remarkable women; the irre...
This year the winners of the Breast Cancer Marathon of Vilnius, in Lithuania, will win also a Serenity test, the DNA screening test to detect ovarian and breast...
The Human Genome Project (HGP) is an international and collaborative research program whose goal was to determine the DNA sequence of the entire human genome an...
World Ovarian Cancer Day brings together ovarian cancer organisations across the globe every year on May 8 to raise awareness.
On this day, ovarian cancer awar...
Tumor suppressor genes are segments of DNA that code for negative regulator proteins, which keep the cell from undergoing uncontrolled division.
They prevent a...
Before the genetic code was deciphered, the question of the origin of life has always fascinated scientists and physicists in particular.
Following the huge br...
What do a human, a rose, and a bacterium have in common?
Each one of these, along with every other living organism on Earth, contains the molecular instruction...
More than fifty years ago François Jacob and Jacques Monod published in The Journal of Molecular Biology an article presenting the discovery of the first genet...
Every year, 4th of February is a global initiative which unites the world’s population in the fight against cancer.
World Cancer Day is celebrated under the su...
US President Barack Obama recently announced the two recipients of the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation 2015: Dr. Mary-...
Lately genetic testing has changed the face of medicine and modified clinical practice. Thanks to spectacular advances in biotechnology, we have more knowledge ...