The author of The Bell Curve thought the genetics of intelligence would be settled by now.

Therapies from industry leaders BioMarin and Ascendis Pharma supply a key hormone that promotes bone growth. In order to move ...

Molecular biologists have long believed that the beginning of a gene launched the process of transcription—the process by ...

Scientists have long suspected connections between heredity and disease, dating back to Hippocrates, who observed certain ...

The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit ...

The COVID-19-causing coronavirus is mutating as it spreads around the world in the pandemic, but none of the mutations currently documented appears to be making it able to spread more rapidly, ...

Genetic factors contribute more to depression risk in females than in males, according to a large Australian study that may ...

The genetic roots of a disease or disorder do not always grow into clear-cut, easily diagnosed clinical features. Even if a ...

Marmosets are valuable non-human primate models, however their unique reproduction results in high levels of blood chimerism, making blood unreliable for DNA sequencing. Hair follicles have lower ...

When Maria Branyas Morera died last year at 117 years and 168 days old, she was the oldest known person in the world. Before she died, she asked doctors to study her. Dr. Manel Esteller, chairman of ...

A groundbreaking analysis of a 117-year-old woman reveals how protective genetics, a balanced microbiome, efficient metabolism, and resilient immunity work together to sustain health into extreme old ...

Genetic inhibition of RyR1-mediated calcium-induced calcium release reveals its minimal role in skeletal muscle contraction and its critical contribution to malignant hyperthermia risk. Credit: Dr.