How big of a role do our genes play in our lifespan? Quite a bit more than previously thought, a new study suggests.

Using single-cell epigenomic profiling of immune cells from 110 individuals, researchers show that genetic variation and ...

The COVID-19 pandemic gave us tremendous perspective on how wildly symptoms and outcomes can vary between patients ...

Salk Institute researchers analyzed immune cells from 110 people and found that genetic differences and life experiences ...

Using twin data from TEDS, researchers compared polygenic score prediction within families and across the population. They ...

Cystic fibrosis represents one of the most common inherited genetic disorders affecting people of European descent, touching the lives of approximately 30,000 individuals in the United States alone.

Although schwannomatosis is a genetic condition, the inheritance patterns for this disorder are complex and much less clear than for both NF1 and NF2. Some cases of schwannomatosis are familial, with ...

All of the different plants on Earth—from mango trees to marigolds—have come about thanks to the simple rules of genetic inheritance, which determine how traits are passed on from one generation to ...

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through ...