Precision Medicine

by Ryan L. Collins figures by Brad Wierbowski Thanks to modern genetics, “precision medicine” is slowly becoming a reality: doctors can perform genetic tests to determine your risk for dozens of diseases, like stroke or liver disease, and can prescribe…

  High-resolution microscope image of S. epidermidis, a member of the human microbiome [Image: Staphylococcus epidermidis Bacteria/NIAID under CC-BY licence]Forensic investigators often rely upon the uniqueness of human DNA and fingerprints, but a…