Some genetic disorders—such as cystic fibrosis, hemophilia and Tay Sachs disease—involve many mutations in a person's genome, ...

Clinicians' ability to diagnose and treat chronic diseases is limited by scientific uncertainty around factors contributing to disease risk. A study published September 2 nd in the open-access journal ...

There’s 99.9% similarity across human genomes, with the remaining 0.1% variation being what makes each person unique.1 In ...

Researchers still do not have a comprehensive picture of the factors that influence gene expression in human cancers. Understanding gene expression in cancer is important because it can reveal how the ...

A number of studies have highlighted that ethnicity is an important factor influencing the genetic variability of some CYP450 enzymes and that human adaptation could have a role in shaping the genetic ...

An international team of scientists has decoded some of the most stubborn, overlooked regions of the human genome using complete sequences from 65 individuals across diverse ancestries. This milestone ...

Genes influence when autism becomes visible, revealing early and late developmental patterns across childhood.

Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now ...

Lab-based studies have provided lots of information on the biology of aging, but it's unclear how lab discoveries apply to ...