genetic

SummaryShould people who volunteer for genomic studies be told about unrelated disease mutations that turn up in their sequence data? The decadeslong debate about such "incidental findings," which can include genes that boost risk for…

Connecting the dots on white matterThe white matter of the brain, which is composed of axonal tracts connecting different brain regions, plays key roles in both normal brain function and a variety of neurological disorders. Zhao et al.…

SummaryThe near-universally conserved genetic code governs the messenger RNA (mRNA)–templated synthesis of proteins in all domains of life, using just 20 amino acid building blocks. Progress has been made toward artificially expanding the…