Cancer is a particularly costly disease, not just in terms of the required medical treatments, but also the loss of human life and impact on society as a whole. The disease accounted for nearly 10 million, or nearly one in six, deaths worldwide in 2020, and this figure is expected to rise to 16 mill...
Globally, an estimated 8 million or 6% of babies are born with a birth defect every year1, creating significant physical, psychological and economic repercussions on individuals, families and healthcare systems. Birth defects are structural or functional anomalies that occur during intrauterine...
A latest study led by BGI-Research scientists revealed that the organs and systems in a human may have different ages and the 'clocks' within an individual's body vary widely based on factors including genetics and lifestyles.The study, published on March 8 in the journal Cell Repor...
Genetic resources are a core biological resource. Obtaining clear genetic information can be of great significance for human health, society and economic development. The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) aims to sequence, catalog and characterize the genomes of all eukaryotic organisms on Earth over a ...