Genes

How are cancer, obesity, and diabetes linked? How do diet and lifestyle trump genetic factors in preventing cancer? Watch our exclusive episode, only on NTD. Actress Angelina Jolie famously had ...

For more than 70 years, scientists have believed they've unraveled the mystery of life through genes. But is ...

How often have you pondered your dad's diabetes or the heart disease that runs in the family and ...

Imagine a future where children and their grandparents are playing together, telling stories, going to the park, riding ...

A genetic variation present in 2 to 3% of Greenland’s population makes them metabolize sugar differently and offers ...

You have a headache. Do you reach for Tylenol or Advil? Most people have a preference because they ...

Scientists have reprogrammed the genetic machinery of baker’s yeast so that the fast-growing cells can convert sugar into ...

Scientists at Duke University have successfully isolated a gene sequence integral to human brain development and implanted it ...

Humans and song birds, such as hummingbirds, share nearly 50 common genes that are behind their vocal capabilities.

Whether you're tall or short doesn't depend on a single gene. New research shows that thousands of genes ...

We live in the age of the genome. Hardly a week goes by without a story about how ...

Researchers may have identified key genes linked to why some people have a higher tolerance for pain than ...

Scientists have made huge leaps in the medical field when it comes to extending the lives of individuals ...

A new study refutes the popular theory that how adults parent their children is strictly a function of ...

The common idea that DNA determines so much of who we are—not only our eye or hair color, ...