Thanks to more personalized healthcare, you will soon spend less time in doctors’ offices, have more peace of mind knowing what is wrong, and experience fewer side effects from trial-and-...

Genya Dana and Elissa Prichep 23 May 2018

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Behavioural Sciences

Your ability to empathise is determined by your genes

For years, empathy has been linked to upbringing. But new research suggests your ability to understand others comes from within.

Olivia Goldhill · Quartz 15 Mar 2018

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Global Health

Genetic report cards could be the future of healthcare

Genetic testing could soon be so advanced that newborn babies will have report cards of potential and hereditary diseases they're at risk of contracting.

Abby Norman · Futurism 28 Feb 2018

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Global Health

This simple treatment could be the solution to peanut allergies

By being exposed to small amounts of peanut each day for a long period of time, patients built up a tolerance to the food.

Kristin Houser · Futurism 23 Feb 2018

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Ageing

Your face? There are 15 genes for that

Researchers have identified 15 genes responsible for the way we look, but work is still needed to identify which genes are responsible for specific features.

A'ndrea Elyse Messer · Futurity 23 Feb 2018

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Global Health

A deadly epidemic could start at any time. And we're not prepared, says the head of the WHO

Tedros Adhanom, Director General of the World Health Organization, says a devastating epidemic could begin in any country at any moment, with inaction on our part to blame.

Jolene Creighton · Futurism 15 Feb 2018

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Precision Medicine

DNA designer bodies could soon become mainstream

Entrepreneur Juan Enriquez has outlined a future where we will be able to survive in extreme environments and even hack our memory thanks to DNA manipulation.

Jolene Creighton · Futurism 14 Feb 2018

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Precision Medicine

How precision medicine is helping to change the future of healthcare

Here are 4 areas where precision medicine is making a difference, and how it will improve healthcare in the future.

John Stanley Mattick · The Conversation 06 Feb 2018

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Chemical and Materials Industry

Why scientists need arts training for the safety of society

To engage responsibly, our next generation of scientists needs training in the arts and ethics.

Richard Lachman · The Conversation 05 Feb 2018

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Precision Medicine

3 ways China is leading the way in precision medicine

For every $1 the US spends on its Precision Medicine Initiative, China is spending $43.

Genya Dana 02 Nov 2017