By age 56, Roma Jean Ockler had endured 17 years of recurring infections and a life-threatening intestinal illness before finally receiving the right treatment for her condition. Her family鈥檚 genetic...
About eight percent of our DNA is viral in origin: remnants of ancient battles between infectious viruses and our ancestors. A new study published in Science by scientists at the...
It is a condition that affects an estimated one in 10 women of reproductive age in the United States. However, little is known about the causes and proper diagnosis of...
As advances in medicine are giving rise to growing numbers of children who survive severe heart defects, it鈥檚 emerging that over half have behavioral problems and difficulty keeping up academically...
Genomics England announced that it will be using technology co-developed in a partnership between the University of Utah and Omicia to interpret the DNA of Britons as part of the...
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Intermountain Healthcare鈥檚 Primary Children鈥檚 Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, in seven specialties in the new 2015-16 Best Children鈥檚 Hospitals rankings.
In the early 1990s, researchers at the U helped identify the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes after studying numerous Utah families with high incidences of breast and ovarian cancer
A group of 18 leaders in the field of genomic engineering have written a perspective to be published in the journal Science Express on March 19, cautioning fellow scientists from...
Louisa Stark, the director of the Genetic Science Learning Center, has been awarded the Genetics Society of America's Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education.
The Genetics Society of America has named University of Utah Research Associate Professor Louisa A. Stark as the recipient of this year鈥檚 Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education.
A team of researchers from the United States and Europe has published new evidence supporting the use of ulipristal acetate as an effective alternative to levonorgestrel (marketed as Plan B庐)...
