New research by UCLA Health has identified a sex-chromosome linked gene that drives inflammation in the female brain, ...

Depending on the setting, the ability of a crucial bacterium in biotechnology—Agrobacterium tumefaciens—to transfer its DNA ...

Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now ...

This interesting study adapts machine learning tools to analyze movements of a chromatin locus in living cells in response to serum starvation. The machine learning approach developed is useful, the ...

According to Cancer.gov, Breast Cancer gene 1 and Breast Cancer gene 2 are genes that produce proteins that help repair ...

They found that increasing alcohol intake invariably increased dementia risk: Every threefold increase in drinking prevalence ...

On average, females live longer than males almost everywhere in the world, and have done so throughout most of history. While ...

One gene causes one trait or a specific illness. When doctors use genetics, it’s usually to try to identify a disease-causing gene to help guide diagnosis and treatment. But for most health conditions ...

Over a few million years, the spider Dysdera tilosensis—a species endemic to the Canary Islands—has reduced the size of its ...

SMU volleyball player Natalia Newsome caught the attention of stars such as LeBron James, Sue Bird, and Lisa Leslie for her ...

University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with the genetic testing company 23andMe, ...