Rutgers study finds genetic mutations in rodents, making them resistant to urban poisons, complicating pest control ...

Scientists have found the first direct evidence of the powerful role our genetic makeup plays in influencing our risk of ...

Scientists have documented a handful of extraordinarily rare genetic conditions that give their carriers abilities that seem to defy the limits of ordinary human biology. From sleeping only a few ...

Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering arduous and exhausting. She has the most common fatal ...

A pathogenic BRCA result is presented as clinically actionable information that enables risk stratification, anticipatory guidance, and self-advocacy rather than determinism about cancer development.

Human semen not only accumulates genetic mutations with age; as the percentage of sperm carrying potentially serious mutations increases, so does the risk of developing diseases in offspring. This is ...

Marek's disease can be pervasive in chicken houses. Chickens infected by this highly contagious viral disease often develop tumors, become paralyzed and die. They can shed the virus through their skin ...

Researchers have refined a powerful DNA sequencing tool that can uncover hidden mutations that occur naturally in our bodies as we age. In the largest study to date, they have used the tool to provide ...

Autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (ADAD) is a genetically inherited form of Alzheimer's disease that accounts for only ...

Human cells usually contain two copies of most genes, one of which comes from the mother while the other comes from the father. It's long been thought that usually these two copies, or alleles of ...

The established conservation practice of relocating animals from large, genetically diverse populations to small communities of inbred endangered species may risk introducing more damaging than ...

In utero gene therapy uses prenatal genetic screening to identify fetuses with lethal mutations and delivers corrective genes ...