THEY look like ordinary foals, docile with honey brown coats and white facial patches, content to spend their days munching alfalfa in a cordoned-off pasture in rural Buenos Aires province.

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At WIRED Health 2025, Orchid CEO Noor Siddiqui and genomics pioneer George Church laid out their view of the future of ...

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Industry recognition is growing for the importance of genomic sequencing for gaining insights vital to an accurate diagnosis ...

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Researchers including those at the University of Tokyo have made a surprising discovery hiding in people's mouths: Inocles, ...

Discover how in some communities around the world, the prevalence of rare diseases is higher due to factors like cousin ...