Alzheimer’s may be driven far more by genetics than previously thought, with one gene playing an outsized role. Researchers ...

Hyderabad: In a significant breakthrough for rare disease research in India, doctors at the LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) ...

The headline figure of lifespan being around “50% heritable” risks being misunderstood as meaning genes determine half of a ...

Did you know that traits in animal species can re-appear in a new generation hundreds of years later? These ancient ...

A reanalysis of twin data from Denmark and Sweden suggests that how long we live now depends roughly equally on the genes we ...

Huntington’s disease is a rare inherited neurological disorder that progressively affects movement, cognition and mental health due to a genetic mutation ...

Catherine O'Hara passed away at the age of 71. The Home Alone and Schitt's Creek actor will always be remembered for her ...

Scientists have long believed that longevity is shaped by lifestyle choices; however, a new study reveals that genes may play a larger role in determining how long people live.

A large study published Jan. 29 in the journal Science suggests genetics could account for as much as 55% of a person’s lifespan. That’s far higher than earlier estimates, which ranged from 6% to 33%.

The work provided a systematic understanding of how nightshade crops, including potatoes and tomatoes, adapt to stressful conditions at the level of entire gene networks, rather than individual genes, ...

Genetic ancestry plays a key role in determining the behavior of head and neck tumors and may help explain why ...