The Atlantic features Utah Genome Project and Huntsman Cancer Institute's pioneering work using Utah's large and well-documented family trees to find a genetic cause of colon cancer, and ways to...
In his recent talk From Bench to the Bedside and Onward to the Market: Commercializing Academic Software, Mark Yandell detailed the many incremental steps he followed to develop two important...
A brother and sister share the same rare disease. Only, while the girl is disabled for life, her brother is a typical, rambunctious preschooler. The difference? The brother was diagnosed...
While most women experience menopause around 51 years of age, women with primary ovarian insufficiency go through menopause before the age of 40, with some going through the life-altering event...
Primary ovarian insufficiency is the one form of infertility that lacks any treatment options. Corrine Welt, MD, professor of internal medicine at University of Utah Health, believes an answer may...
Two years ago, Utah Genome Project launched Heritage 1K, an initiative to sequence 1,000 genomes to understand the genetic bases of approximately 25 inherited diseases. Heritage 1K investigators gathered on...
Faster, cheaper DNA sequencing is sparking optimism that cures are just around the corner. But to turn genetic data into knowledge that’s meaningful for patients, we need experts with wildly...
Hollywood has already imagined it: Gattaca, an apocalyptic world driven by genetic engineering, where only embryos with the best of their parents’ characteristics ("valids") become children.
