I recently underwent genetic testing to see if I had any mutations that could be associated with an increased cancer risk. When I received my genetic testing kit in the mail, I quickly opened the ...

An international research team has developed a high-throughput biological assay technique which enabled them to conduct a systematic analysis on the impact of nearly 100,000 genetic variants on the ...

A large-scale biobank-based study performed in Finland has discovered several new disease genes as well as new insights on how known genetic factors affect disease. The study highlights an ...

Mental illness is often described in abstract terms, but is rooted in the brain. A study reveals that genes influencing ...

Not all inheritance is genetic. Proteins, which can adopt different conformations, may offer another way for information to be passed between generations. The University of Oregon’s David Garcia and ...

The human genome is littered with “selfish genetic elements,” which do not seem to benefit their hosts, but instead seek only to propagate themselves. Selfish genetic elements can wreak havoc by, for ...

Genetic diversity is essential to the survival of a species. It's easy enough to maintain if a species reproduces sexually; an egg and a sperm combine genetic material from two creatures into one, ...

Forty years ago, a postdoctoral researcher named James McGrath who would go on to spend more than three decades as a clinical geneticist and research scientist at Yale, made a discovery that advanced ...