Why do some people live to 100 while others die decades earlier? Most of us have heard the same explanation for years: eat well, exercise, avoid smoking, get lucky. Lifestyle, environment, and chance were thought to do most of the work. A new study led by molecular biologist Uri Alon…
Genetic testing has quickly moved from being something only used in hospitals for rare diseases to something many people now consider as part of routine health planning. You may have heard friends talk about “getting their DNA tested” or seen news about genetics helping doctors detect disease earlier or choose…
Cancer is not just one disease. Even two people with the “same” cancer type—such as breast cancer or lung cancer—can have very different cancers at the genetic level. That is why modern cancer care is moving beyond looking only at where the cancer started, and toward understanding what is happening…
The Moment Medicine Realized It Was Only Reading the Headlines For nearly a decade, clinical genetics revolved around a tidy, confident idea: if you can read the exome, you can explain the disease. It was elegant and logical. The exome represents the 1-2% of the genome that codes for proteins,…
