When we think about genetic inheritance, we usually leap to DNA, the four-letter code containing the instructions for ...

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 ...

Our bodily systems are rife with mutations. In fact, your DNA is mutating right now. These errors, and attempts to repair them, are a key to understanding immune function, aging, and even how heart ...

In Destiny’s Child No Longer: Rewriting Genetic Fate, we envisioned a world where every newborn would be screened for genetic risks. We see a future in which the randomness of genetic inheritance ...

A routine experiment with a new single-cell DNA sequencing method turned into a surprising scientific twist when researchers ...

The COVID-19 pandemic gave us tremendous perspective on how wildly symptoms and outcomes can vary between patients experiencing the same infection. How can two people infected by the same pathogen ...

UK government funding will enable whole-genome sequencing of 6000 patient samples, with researchers targeting immune and nervous system genes implicated in the disease.

Research into ancient DNA samples has discovered that those who carry genes for red hair also are have immune benefits — but are more likely to have celiac disease ...

Affordable at-home DNA testing is revealing unexpected family relationships that can legally alter inheritance outcomes in Pennsylvania. Under intestacy laws and certain will provisions, proven ...

Maternal DNA from Neanderthal teeth found in Stajnia Cave show Neanderthals moved across wide areas of Europe.