St. Joseph's Hospital has embarked on a five-year contract with Moffitt Cancer Center to conduct specific genetic testing of tumors of individual patients in hopes of developing better cancer treatments. ...more

September 16, 2008

More than a century after Buffalo Bill and others hunted America's wild bison to near-extinction, researchers at a compound near Yellowstone National Park have launched an ambitious restoration effort. ...more

July 31, 2008

Companies would no longer be able to use genetic information like a person's predisposition for breast cancer, sickle cell or diabetes to make insurance or job decisions under a bill passed by Congress on Thursday. ...more

May 2, 2008

"The Genetic Strand: Exploring a Family History Through DNA," by Edward Ball (Simon & Schuster, $25) ...more

December 30, 2007

The revolution in human genomics, though barely understood by professionals, is about to hit the street, at least for those able to pay about $1,000 for a glance at their entire genome. ...more

November 17, 2007