A study of 470,000 people reveals that the APOE gene could be behind 90% of Alzheimer's cases in the world today.

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.

An autoimmune condition that affects the thyroid gland, known as autoimmune hypothyroidism, is the most common autoimmune ...

DNA evidence suggests homo sapiens women more often paired with Neanderthal men, helping explain why Neanderthal genes are rare.

New humpback whale study shows older male whales were more likely to become fathers and younger males were less likely to do ...

Researchers at the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology have uncovered new evidence that two major types of gene-controlling DNA sequences, promoters and enhancers, operate with a shared ...

Hyderabad: If you are under 50 with a high genetic risk of obesity, your daily dietary habits and healthy lifestyle choices, including exercise, can h.

A large new study suggests that higher levels of a common amino acid called tyrosine may be linked to a shorter lifespan in ...

Gene therapy has been successfully used to treat a number of diseases, including immune deficiencies, hereditary blindness, ...

It turns out that mosquitoes have been bugging us for a very, very long time.