Stories by Sergio Pistoi

Remember that when you buy one of those genome testing kits—and eventually, you will

Scientists turn to satellites for help in predicting avalanches

Is the U.S. starting to lose its edge in basic research?

Ignoring nearly universal opprobrium, Severino Antinori presses ahead with plans to clone a human being

Finding treatments that match individual gene profiles is the next frontier in drug research and the objective of a new science called pharmacogenomics. Virtually every major pharmaceutical company is now investing millions in its pursuit

The use of predictive genetic tests is still limited to a handful of relatively rare and highly hereditary diseases, but that's about to change

Test-tube studies have uncovered key facts about the breast cancer gene BRCA1, but new animal models of the disease promise to reveal much more