A recent study has uncovered a surprising new risk factor for heart disease called clonal hematopoiesis. This condition ...

For centuries, a small Colombian village has been plagued with a disease that has left them crippled with little to no memory ...

Rapidly mutating DNA regions were mapped using a multi-generational family and advanced sequencing tools. Understanding how ...

Ancestry and smoking influence genetic mutation rates in children, but parental age remains the strongest factor, a new study finds.

Without 8 or 9 hours of sleep, most of us end up staggering around like zombies. But according to a new study, some people have a genetic mutation that makes them feel perfectly alive after sleeping ...

Despite years of warnings and a mountain of scientific evidence linking smoking to lung cancer, there remains one confounding ...

Scientists have recently made a major breakthrough in medical genetics with the discovery of a new autoinflammatory disease ...

( NewsNation) — Two studies reportedly have solved the genetic mystery behind orange-colored domestic cats. Two independent ...

As a group, carriers of recessive disorders are slightly less healthy and have a reduced chance of having offspring.

Ancestry and lifestyle choices of parents may affect the rate and type of new genetic changes that arise in their children, ...

As a group, carriers of recessive disorders are slightly less healthy and have a reduced chance of having offspring. This disadvantage is greatest for carriers of a recessive gene for intellectual ...

A CRISPR treatment seems to have been effective for a baby’s devastating disease, but it is not clear whether such bespoke ...