Articles by Steven I. Benowitz, M.A.

September 08, 2016 — Researchers have found powerful clues to why certain processes and systems in the mouse are so different from those in people.

May 17, 2016 — Four NIH grants will support research on the ethical, legal and social questions raised by genomics research advances and genomic information.

April 20, 2016 — NIH recently awarded approximately $6.8 million in grants to several research teams to study the biology of rare and undiagnosed diseases.

March 29, 2016 — A new study by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is challenging traditional practices for validating DNA sequencing results.

February 22, 2016 — Scientists set their sights on chromatin - the DNA-protein complex that packages DNA into chromosomes in the cell - to better understand how the genome works.

December 11, 2015 — NHGRI-funded CSER investigators and colleagues point to need for greater evidence that DNA sequencing helps patients.

September 30, 2015 — Scientists from the 1000 Genomes Project Consortium has created the world's largest catalog of genomic differences among humans.

September 21, 2015 — Six new grants will support researchers for new computational approaches to search millions of genomic variants for disease susceptibility.

September 16, 2015 — The Undiagnosed Diseases Network has opened an online patient application portal called the UDN Gateway.

September 11, 2015 — An ancient, sexually transmitted dog cancer may provide insights into human cancers because of the similarities in the dog and human immune systems.