Genome

Nearly a decade after the human genome was decoded, scientists are only now beginning to understand its implications. One of the leading thinkers in this field is the biotech entrepreneur Gregory Stock.

Human disease can often be chalked up to both our genes and the environment. But, just how these two factors conspire with each other is poorly understood. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences wants to shed light on that complex interplay through a new effort dubbed the Environmental Genome Project. A Human Genome Project […]

Microbes make up half of the planet’s biomass but are one of the most poorly understood life forms on Earth. The National Academy of Sciences has called for funding an effort to study the genomes of microbe communities.

Living on Earth’s Cynthia Graber reports on plans to map the genome of every organism in the Sargasso Sea.