In 1871, a farmer stepped off a volcanic rock in the southern Indian Ocean. For seven months, he had tried to grow crops and ...

In two new studies on 28,000 individuals, researchers are able to show that genetic variants in 11 regions of the human genome have a clear influence on which bacteria are in the gut and what they do ...

The fishers slipped into the Cabinet Mountains on New Year's Day 1989. Moving quietly and stealthily, their elongated bodies ...

A new study links telomere length genetics to IPF risk, showing how rare variants and polygenic scores may guide future screening and precision care.

New research maps genetic “hotspots” for hemochromatosis, revealing uneven risk and possible underdiagnosis across the UK and Ireland.

Researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine have developed a set of polygenic risk score (PRS) models that significantly improved the ability to predict breast cancer risk in women of African ...

Nancy Guthrie's disappearance has prompted a multiagency search involving local law enforcement and the FBI.

In two new studies on 28,000 individuals, researchers are able to show that genetic variants in 11 regions of the human genome have a clear influence on which bacteria are in the gut and what they do ...

Every living organism has its own genetic "blueprint": the source code for how it grows, functions and reproduces. This blueprint is known as a genome. When scientists sequence a genome, they identify ...

People from the Outer Hebrides and north-west Ireland have the highest risk of developing a genetic disease that causes a ...