DNA databases

Collecting DNA data is not much help without the key to understanding what it all means, and that key is centralised health records.

A window on a vanished world

Greenland is a cold and barren desert today, but DNA extracted from sediments there opens a vista into a vanished verdant world ruled by mighty mammoths.

How safe is your DNA?

If we want to enjoy the economic, health and security benefits of a burgeoning bioeconomy, then we need to do the hard work on anticipating and mitigating the risks.

5 things to know about population DNA testing

Screening millions of healthy people for their risk of disease can be cost-effective and help save lives, but it also raises a host of ethical and regulatory concerns.

Let’s map our DNA and save billions in health costs

A UniSA scientist has called for Australia to embrace pharmacogenetic testing to deliver medication more effectively and slash the $2.4 billion wasted each year through unsafe and ineffective drug prescriptions.