A UCLA-led study has created a map of DNA modification in two regions of the brain critical to learning, memory and emotional ...

Donald Trump’s fascination with genetics, especially his own “good genes” of the white European sort, as well as the “bad ...

It is widely believed that eating fewer calories can lengthen life, with some studies suggesting cutting intake by as much as ...

The extinction of Y chromosomes could lead to the extinction of men, as female-reproducing species require sperm and eggs for reproduction, potentially causing the species' destruction.

Researchers have uncovered fascinating differences in how men and women metabolize food, especially after periods of fasting.

For human tissues, prior experimental manipulations are impractical, and genomic alterations are employed. Somatic mutations mark subclones and their fates can be reconstructed with DNA sequencing ...

Tarazona-Santos, who himself has Indigenous ancestry, is worried about the dearth of data. Certain genes, his team has found, ...

The sequencing of the human genome at the turn of the 21st century was heralded as a monumental scientific achievement ...

Telomere shortening and DNA damage play crucial roles in aging, a multifaceted biological phenomenon characterized by a ...

Professor Luís Quinta-Murci, the chair of human genomics and evolution at the Collège de France in Paris, has written a ...

A new film launching this week calls on the nation to speak more openly about heritage and medical conditions that run ...

The genetic confirmation of a suspected diagnosis of "hereditary colorectal cancer" is of great importance for the medical care of affected families.