Researchers working on an incurable blood cancer can now use a new lab model that could make testing potential new treatments and diagnostics easier and quicker, new research has found. Working with ...

For the second time in one extended family, researchers have identified a person who seemed genetically destined to develop early Alzheimer’s, but remained cognitively sound for several more decades.

The genetic mutations that have been studied the most are those that have been linked to human disease, but what about mutations that provide some benefit? Researchers have now identified mutations ...

JULIE: SCIENTISTS IN NEBRASKA’S PUBLIC HEALTH LAB DISCOVER TWO NEW COVID-19 MUTATIONS. BUT THIS TIME, IT MAY BE GOOD NEWS ROB: THESE VARIANTS MAY BE "SIGNIFICANT IN REDUCING THE VIRUS’S ABILITY TO ...

One of the most challenging moments in cancer treatment comes when a therapy stops working. In many metastatic cancers, drugs ...

Deafness, the most common sensorineural hearing loss at all stages of life, occurs either independently or as part of ...

Drugs targeting mutations in the anaplastic lymphoma kinase gene (ALK) are already useful in lung cancer, but they may also find a use in the treatment of leukemias. ALK mutations were found in two ...

Elizabeth Mitchell prepares to load a genetic sequencer at the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory in Omaha. The new technology is helping the lab look for coronavirus variants and try to stay ahead of ...