Genetics

The rate of autism has skyrocketed beyond what it was just a few decades ago. Are doctors better at diagnosing it, or are environmental factors at play? Watch our exclusive ...

A new study shows that a significant number of genes influence childhood weight gain, which affects puberty and ...

Discover the reasons behind premature graying and methods for its treatment and prevention.

Knowing the early signs to watch for, having regular screenings, and adhering to a healthy diet can reduce ...

Autism is increasing at rapid rates, and researchers may be looking in the wrong places for the answer ...

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

The Biden administration on Thursday added 37 companies to a trade blacklist, including units of Chinese genetics company ...

Scientists from the University of Utah recently concluded that one’s ancestors—particularly where and when one’s grandparents and their ...

Test your understanding of the living world with this simple question. What kind of biomolecule is found in all ...

Since the discovery of DNA, the central dogma of genetic translation has lured us in with a simple ...

Since the discovery of DNA, the central dogma of genetic translation has lured us in with a simple ...

You sip piping hot black coffee, no sugar. Your cubicle neighbor pops open an ice-cold can of soda. ...

You might love sugary doughnuts, but your friends find them too sweet and only take small nibbles. That’s ...

In 2014, a top Mayo Clinic researcher admitted something that rarely gets acknowledged: vaccines “work differently” for each of us. ...

A Harvard Medical School study is reshaping our understanding of how the indigenous people arrived in the Americas. ...

The majority of European men are descended from just a few Bronze Age male ancestors, says a genetic ...

Here's how DNA can be thought of in the context of the mind-over-matter or matter-over-mind debate ...

On Wednesday, reports emerged that Chinese researchers had conducted germline editing—the modification of non-somatic sex cells and embryos—for ...

Some researchers say that puzzling artifacts, as well as the results of recent DNA studies performed on Native ...

She is the most intact woolly mammoth ever found. What could this mean for cloning?

Dr. Donald Yates found what he sees as strong evidence that Cherokee Native Americans have Middle Eastern ancestry—ancestry ...

The rats scurrying around New York City are carrying a number of pathogens that could be dangerous to ...

Building a DNA database would create a system of total surveillance which would enable the government and private ...

People tend to pick friends who resemble them genetically. A new study shows how close friends usually are ...

The idea that Native Americans are descended from ancient Jews, Egyptians, or Greeks has been a controversial one ...

Bacterial diseases cause millions of deaths every year. Most of these bacteria were benign at some point in ...