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

Participation and interest in religion are largely shaped by parents when children are young. Genetic influences on religious participation and interest emerge during adulthood. Even identical twins ...

Researchers at McGill University and the United States Forest Service have found that plants living in areas where human activity has caused population crashes carry long-lasting genetic traces of ...

Sunday’s $500,000 Sunland Park Derby at Sunland Park is a 1 1/16-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier worth 20-10-6-4-2 points.

A new genetic study examines an unusually large hybridization event that followed the Fukushima nuclear accident, when ...

Hybridization between domestic animals and wildlife is a growing concern worldwide, particularly as feral pigs and wild boar ...

There is no known cure for Huntington's disease. A genetic mutation creates harmful proteins that accumulate and cause the disease's typical symptoms. A team from the Department of Human Genetics at ...

New research suggests that genetics may play a big role in longevity. Scientists find genes may be key in predicting how long ...

A new study points to a larger role for genetics than previous research had indicated, estimating the contribution of genes to determining human lifespan at about 50%. That is roughly double what ...

WASHINGTON – Many factors influence how long you live, such as diet, exercise, smoking, drinking, the environment and other variables. It also helps not to get hit by a dump truck. But what about your ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Many factors influence how long you live, such as diet, exercise, smoking, drinking, environment and other variables. It also helps not to get hit by a dump truck. But what ...