The discoveries point to new treatment pathways and raise hopes of tailoring therapies based on a woman’s genetic profile.

Every few months for the past three years, Jeff Vierstra has been receiving infusions in his spine that target and disable a ...

For years, scientists believed our lifespan was mostly shaped by environment and chance, with genetics playing only a minor role. But a new study from the Weizmann Institute flips that idea on its ...

Much of what shapes people’s lives happens at an unseen level—it comes down to DNA. This year, The Scientist explored genetic insights into how individuals smell, metabolize alcohol, and even how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, scientists have theorized that two genetic defects have the potential to essentially “cancel each other out,” ...

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and an international team of collaborators have used a genetic sequencing technique called whole exome sequencing to discover a new ...

Scientists have just identified a previously unknown neurodevelopmental disorder, giving families the diagnosis they've been ...

Genetic research does not always produce tidy answers. Sometimes it reveals traces that raise more questions than they settle. In recent years, scientists studying human DNA identified genetic signals ...

Genetic inheritance may sound straightforward: One gene causes one trait or a specific illness. When doctors use genetics, it’s usually to try to identify a disease-causing gene to help guide ...

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health traits. By probing regions of DNA previously linked to disease, the work has ...

Hidden within fish DNA are powerful genetic twists that may explain one of nature’s biggest mysteries: how new species form so quickly. In Lake Malawi, hundreds of cichlid fish species evolved at ...