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Lessons that are free to use in any classroom, new research, changes to the dataset, plain-language explainers, and the real genetics behind things you already know. Every entry says which subject it belongs to and what you need to know before reading it. Medical information goes stale, so entries are revised when the evidence moves — revised entries show their update date, not just the day they were first published. Every article here is CC BY-NC 4.0 licensed — free to share and adapt with credit, not for commercial use (details).

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A dark card reading "the gene has been known since 1993. there is still no treatment." — the cover for an article on why incurable genetic diseases are absent from a common-variant catalogue.

Why This Site Has Almost Nothing on Huntington's, ALS or Cystic Fibrosis

GeneticsHealth Intermediate

Of 660 variants here, Huntington’s has zero, ALS has zero, and cystic fibrosis has one that is not even the gene. That is structural, not laziness — and the reason leads somewhere better than an apology: the study that could not ask who gets Huntington’s asked when instead, and found a target nobody expected.

Updated Sep 8, 2026 8 63

MTHFR Explained: What rs1801133 Actually Means

MTHFR Explained: What rs1801133 Actually Means

BiologyHealth Intermediate

MTHFR shows up in a lot of alarming corners of the internet. Here is what the actual research says.

Sep 5, 2026 12 68

MyGeneLog vs. 23andMe vs. AncestryDNA: What's Actually Different

MyGeneLog vs. 23andMe vs. AncestryDNA: What's Actually Different

HealthEthics Introductory

They solve different problems. Here is where each one actually fits.

Sep 5, 2026 6 51

APOE and Alzheimer's Risk: What the Research Actually Says

APOE and Alzheimer's Risk: What the Research Actually Says

BiologyGeneticsHealthStatistics Intermediate

APOE e4 is one of the most consequential results a genome file can surface. Here is what it does and does not tell you.

Sep 5, 2026 7 63