An analysis of the genomes of nearly 6,000 Greenlandic people suggests that their Inuit ancestors rarely moved around after ...

Factors like nutrition and muscle strength and size are all involved when it comes to your running speed, and your genetics ...

About 10 in 100 people are left-handed, but why? A new article highlights the crucial role of early brain development for ...

One in 10 Americans live with a rare disease, which often lacks effective treatments. Such is the case for PIGA-CDG, an ultra ...

In a new JAMA Dermatology study, scientists at King's College London found that changes in two parts of the genome work ...

Conservation genetics is an emerging field at the intersection of genetics and conservation biology. This discipline applies ...

Gene editing is already being used to treat a handful of rare genetic diseases; however, most therapies involve breaking or ...

Over 1,000 genes may serve as possible treatment targets for individuals with kidney disease, according to a new study. By creating the most complete and detailed genetic 'map' of kidney function to ...

GeneDx CEO Katherine Stueland likes the potential of newborn testing, but she says her Stamford, Connecticut, company is ...

A new study has discovered in mouse models that genes associated with repairing mismatched DNA are critical in eliciting damages to neurons that are most vulnerable in Huntington's disease and ...

Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion ...

Researchers developed an epigenetic editing approach to silence the PCSK9 gene, achieving long-term cholesterol reduction ...