A new study suggests that the long-standing Mendelian view of genetics has some blind spots.
The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...
From the ability to detect the smell of wet soil to the scent of ripe fruit, the human olfactory system has evolved over thousands of years in response to how people live and what they eat, according ...
For years, the story of recent human evolution looked relatively quiet. Scientists studying ancient human DNA had found only ...
Genetics do play an outsized role in determining your stature, but a new study suggests vitamin D status may also be part of the equation. Here's what you need to know. To better understand whether ...
The USC research team that recently identified the hormone-encoding gene GDF15 as a key driver of pregnancy sickness has ...
Visitors can learn about the history of genetics in the new exhibit, “Genetics: What Makes You Unique,” which chronicles ...
Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Seer, Inc. (SEER), the pioneer and trusted partner for deep, unbiased proteomic insights, today announced the publication in Nature Genetics of ...
UAB is leading a national study examining how personalized genetic risk information can improve prevention of chronic ...
It’s estimated that one in four adults will suffer from some type of anxiety disorder at some point, such as phobias of specific things; generalized anxiety that affects people over a long period of ...
Myriad Genetics, Inc. announced that a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology found that the GeneSight® Psychotropic Test significantly reduced psychiatric hospitalizations in ...