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Jews are a genetic goldmine. No one wants to resurrect the pre-genetic notion of race in which people were ranked by characteristics. But in order to offer invaluable insights into the origins of ...

Identifying and classifying gene mutations — which are the permanent changes in a person’s DNA genetic code — are critical in better understanding, and with research, eventually treating or preventing ...

ATLANTA, Jan. 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- jscreen, a national non-profit public health initiative dedicated to preventing genetic diseases, announces the sixth annual Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness ...

In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with ...