Researchers are sequencing Florida panthers to examine the effects of the introduction of Texas cougars there in the 1990s to stave off the cats' decline, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Nature News speaks with the secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences about efforts to increase the diversity of Nobel Prize recipients.
A genetic counselor tells the Toronto Star that she's seen more and more individuals who don't know what to do with their consumer genetic testing results.
The Wall Street Journal reports that some sequencing projects that currently return no or limited testing results are looking to expand what they tell participants.
In PLOS this week: missense variant linked to hereditary leukodystrophy in dogs, genetic variants associated with drug-induced interstitial lung disease, and more.
The Washington Post reports the loss of staff following USDA agencies' move has affected their ability to release and conduct reports and allot funding.
A new report finds that 3 percent of grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health involve at least one researcher with a financial conflict of interest, ScienceInsider says.
