A new study has developed a powerful computational method that can detect how genes interact with each other to influence ...

Most pet dogs carry a little wolf inside them; tiny snippets of wolf DNA that slipped into dog genomes after domestication. A ...

A new genetic study links China’s cliffside burials to their living descendants.

Gout is often blamed on overindulgence in alcohol or unhealthy eating, but research suggests genetics plays a much bigger ...

A recent study revealed a major gap in genetic screening for familial hypercholesterolemia, a genetic condition causing high ...

Discover how Chernobyl dogs have adapted genetically to survive in a radioactive environment. Researchers analyze DNA to ...

A rare genetic disorder discovered by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and their colleagues can cause brain damage ...

Australian researchers have for the first time pinpointed specific genetic changes that increase the risk of severe, ...

Soldiers exposed to the Vietnam War-era defoliant Agent Orange have a higher risk of a rare form of bone marrow cancer, a ...

In a breakthrough study, scientists have discovered that a variant in one gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness – ...

A new long-term research, tracking over 8,300 children in the US, has found a clear link between social media use and the ...

A large-scale genomic investigation has identified new genetic risk factors for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and revealed substantial overlap with pathways that also predispose individuals to ...