JERUSALEM - Israeli scientists have discovered a unique genetic mechanism that provides human cells with efficient protection ...

The gene mutation was isolated in a family in northern Italy where under half of the relations developed the disease. View on ...

In a new peer reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” The ...

A new computational tool improves the analysis of genetic data, making it easier and faster to study the evolutionary relationships between species.

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during ...

Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and ...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have identified 293 previously unknown genetic variations linked to major depressive ...

Genetic variation is the foundation of human diversity, enabling differences in traits such as height, eye color, or blood type. Some sequence variants also cause inherited diseases, including sickle ...

Dr. Norman Kleiman, a co-author of the study, said, “Most people think of the Chernobyl nuclear accident as a radiological ...

A new mega-database of half a million mutations may flag new ways of treating genetic disease, scientists say.