DNA sequencing

MRI scan of an ALS patient. Source: Frank Gaillard, Wikimedia.

New drugs for ALS are on their way to clinical trials

Much of the Neanderthal genome is preserved in modern human populations. Neanderthal man. Illustration: shutterstock

Neanderthal lineages reconstructed from the modern human genome

Dr. Gad Getz (right) and Dr. Yotam Dreyer at the Broad Institute. Fingerprint

breaking point