Genomics

Jargon from the pre-genomics era blinds us to new possibilities.

A trailblazing genetic scan could bring the tools of precision medicine to a woefully understudied field.

Maverick scientists, a blissful free diver, and (of course) sex and drugs lit up our top articles of the year.

From sleepless startups to huge sequencing centers, genomics is booming in China. Will other countries get left behind?

Gregory Stock is ready for cloning, gene editing, and conscious AI. But first he’s trying to get you better health care.

Leroy Hood, pioneer of systems biology, is trying to upend medicine with a service that tests everything about you. by David Ewing Duncan

A handy chart for sorting out many of the options in DNA analysis.

The secrets in your genes may be worth even more to researchers than they are to you.