A new study showed drinking two to three cups of coffee a day, or one to two cups of tea, was associated with a lower risk of ...

No single ‘depression gene’ has been found, but large studies have identified over 100 genetic risk markers on chromosomes ...

The rise of gene editing forces regulators to confront a difficult question: How to protect fair play in the age of genomic medicine.

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 ...

Bella Grambau has been told she is the only person in Australia and one of only a handful of people in the world with a rare ...

Scientists found a potential cause for a common painful side effects associated with statin use. In a recent study, research revealed that an influx of calcium into muscle cells may be to blame.

It took a while for the science to basically catch up to that suspicion.” In these types of “recessive” conditions, the ...

Researchers at McGill University and the United States Forest Service have found that plants living in areas where human ...

Scientists have mapped how genetics and life experiences leave lasting epigenetic marks on immune cells. The discovery helps explain why people respond so differently to the same infections and could ...

Rare but dangerous blood clotting associated with that vaccine as well as AstraZeneca’s had a genetic cause, according to a new paper.

The project focuses on increasing the diversity of genetic data and improving outcomes of conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and triple-negative breast cancer.

Scientists have discovered that DNA behaves in a surprising way when squeezed through tiny nanopores, overturning a long-held ...