More people are turning to genetic counseling to understand their DNA and assess their risk for certain diseases. As part of ...

Forty years ago, a postdoctoral researcher named James McGrath who would go on to spend more than three decades as a clinical geneticist and research scientist at Yale, made a discovery that advanced ...

Scientists discovered that aging DNA repeats expand at wildly different speeds—and in some people, the consequences can be devastating. A sweeping genetic study drawing on data from more than 900,000 ...

Researchers from Radboud University Medical Center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited ...

A genetic predisposition to obesity, even for women with a healthy BMI, appears to raise the chances of early death after ...

The intricate mechanisms behind genetic disorders are reshaping how we understand human disease. Inborn errors of immunity (IEIs), a group of monogenic disorders, exemplify this complexity. These ...

Discover interesting facts about how traits are passed down over generations through DNA. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. What ...

If you're looking to uncover family history or learn more about your health, here's how to decide which DNA testing kit is ...

Genetics play a role in low testosterone for some men, but underlying causes vary widely. Many genes influence testosterone ...