Studies of genetics conducted in yeast cells, human neurons, mice or other model systems often reveal networks of genes that ...

Rare As One, founded by pediatrician Priscilla Chan, wife of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has been giving grants to patients and ...

Could a viral infection you experience today cause mental health disorders for generations of your descendants? Absolutely.

Scientists have long known that the DNA code in genes is not the only way to pass genetic traits from parents to offspring. "Epigenetic" marks—chemical modifications to DNA that don't change the DNA ...

Recent Kennesaw State University graduate April Ford engaged in a program designed to help master’s students in the College ...

Our genetic heritage is not a blueprint or an algorithm, as many biologists have imagined, but something else entirely.

How did the complexity of many organisms living today evolve from the simpler body plans of their ancestors? This is a central question in biology. Take our hands, for example: Every time we type a ...

A new study has uncovered new genetic rules that determine how CD8 “killer” T cells choose between becoming long-lasting, protective immune cells or slipping into exhausted, dysfunctional states.

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Chicago philanthropists Don and Anne Edwards have donated ...

Harmony Biosciences has halted work on the gel in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome while it reviews data from a fragile X trial. (Getty Images) After its cannabidiol gel candidate failed a phase 3 trial in ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Rochester Regional Health has launched a new genetic screening program, free of charge, to adults in our community. Almost anyone over the age of 18 is eligible to take part in the ...