Tiffany Fransen's lifelong clumsiness turned out to be a rare neurodegenerative disease. Friedreich’s ataxia leads to muscle ...

A single microscopic change in our DNA can permanently alter how the brain is built, locking in developmental problems that ...

Less than 30% of people with certain genetic variants go blind, despite the faulty genes previously being thought to cause blindness 100% of the time.

Before Todd Leach lost his father to a rare, aggressive form of stomach cancer, his dad gave him one last gift: a genetic ...

A review article led by researchers from the B·ARGO group at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and from the ...

A man sits outside and holds a slim menthol cigarette between his fingers. Close-up with focus on the cigarette. The study provided a comprehensive examination of how lifestyle and environmental ...

Even as humpbacks rebound in number, their genomes reveal a loss of genetic diversity and a buildup of harmful mutations left ...

Tanning bed users are known to have a higher risk of skin cancer, but for the first time researchers have found that young ...

Meet the luckiest people on Earth — individuals carrying a rare genetic mutation that prevents wrinkles from forming even as they age well into their 80s. These genetic lottery winners have provided ...

Genetic factors account for much of the variation in personality traits across the lifespan. Shared upbringing plays a ...

Methane isn’t just an environmental buzzword—it is energy lost. Every puff of gas from a cow’s rumen represents feed energy ...