The CDC says that the number of people in the US who have been infected with diseases carried by mosquitoes, ticks, and flea bites have more than tripled in recent years.
The Asbury Park Press reports on the startup Genomic Prediction's test to determine an embryo's risk of disease.
NPR reports that with medical data being big business, some companies want to get patients involved.
In PNAS this week: optical mapping allows glimpse of structural variants, disease-linked GATA2 mutations boosts its protein activity, and more.
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has released the results of a genetic ancestry analysis, the Boston Globe reports.
