Imagine going for a test to answer one simple question ‘why am I sick?‘ and discovering something entirely unexpected. That is what can happen in modern genomics. When doctors sequence a person’s DNA to look for the cause of a specific condition, they sometimes uncover incidental findings: genetic information that…
A decade ago, decoding a person’s DNA was slow, expensive, and mostly confined to research labs. Today, something remarkable is happening in hospitals and clinics around the world: doctors can read nearly all of a person’s genetic instruction manual in days or sometimes even hours. This is called rapid whole…
Inside almost every cell in your body lives a tiny power plant called the mitochondrion. These microscopic structures generate the energy that keeps your heart beating, your brain thinking, and your muscles moving. But mitochondria carry something even more surprising: their own DNA. This small but powerful genetic code is…
