Genetic variants believed to cause blindness in nearly everyone who carries them actually lead to vision loss less than 30% ...

In the recent study on pain, researchers investigated three variations in the SCN9A gene, and reported greater pain ...

A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in ...

CRISPR–Cas9-based therapies are widely investigated for their clinical applications. However, there are limitations ...

Science is searching for the secret to their extreme longevity from many angles. But scientists still hadn’t covered the ...

A new study leveraged data from the MSK-IMPACT tumor sequencing test to learn about the genetic complexity of cancer metastasis. When cancer spreads from a primary tumor to new sites throughout the ...

Brenna Henn had a long-term grant to study the genetic diversity of Africans and people of African descent. Then her N.I.H.

A new genome-wide study uncovers evidence of the first three-way relationships between human genetic variation, variation in the fungal component of the human microbiome - known as the mycobiome - and ...

There's no escaping the unrelenting passage of time, but supercentenarians who live to see their 110th birthday have a ...

A new study has revealed that those with myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) have notable genetic differences from the general population. The DecodeME research team, led by ...

The risk for teenage alcohol use is shaped by more than just peer pressure or curiosity, according to a Rutgers-led study. Alcohol use during adolescence is associated with a heightened risk for ...