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Lifespan may be up to 55% heritable, according to new research.

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

Many factors influence how long you live, such as diet, exercise, smoking, drinking, environment and other variables. It also ...

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Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through science decades later.

Researchers led by the University of Vienna and Liège University Hospital Centre have identified genetic variants associated with a rare inherited growth disorder in two prehistoric individuals who ...

A genetic breakthrough reveals why mental health conditions often occur together. New research identifies five disorder ...

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