Despite major advances in genetic testing for breast cancer risk prediction, death rates remain disproportionately high among ...

The headline figure of lifespan being around “50% heritable” risks being misunderstood as meaning genes determine half of a ...

Viral DNA that is usually dismissed when sequencing the human genome could help to uncover useful information about complex diseases.

Aspiring parents are paying tens of thousands of dollars to US genetics companies that promise to let them to “preview” their ...

The headline figure of lifespan being around “50 per cent heritable” risks being misunderstood as meaning genes determine ...

A forensic technology that has set wrongfully convicted murderers free and jailed famed serial killers just landed its first ...

After more than a century of devastation from deadly blight, the iconic American chestnut tree could be brought back from the brink of extinction thanks to novel genomic tools and carefully bred ...

Parkinson's disease is a complex neurodegenerative disorder. The causes are still unclear, but about 10 to 15% of cases are ...

Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping ...

After more than a century of devastation from deadly blight, the iconic American chestnut tree could be brought back from the brink of extinction ...