Science is searching for the secret to their extreme longevity from many angles. But scientists still hadn’t covered the ...

Brenna Henn had a long-term grant to study the genetic diversity of Africans and people of African descent. Then her N.I.H.

A new study leveraged data from the MSK-IMPACT tumor sequencing test to learn about the genetic complexity of cancer metastasis. When cancer spreads from a primary tumor to new sites throughout the ...

An analysis of genetic data from over 900,000 people shows that certain stretches of DNA, made up of short sequences repeated over and over, become longer and more unstable as we age. The study found ...

Genetic results from the Deciphering Developmental Disorders (DDD) study have enabled thousands of children with severe developmental disorders to receive better treatment. Thousands of children with ...

A new genome-wide study uncovers evidence of the first three-way relationships between human genetic variation, variation in the fungal component of the human microbiome - known as the mycobiome - and ...

There's no escaping the unrelenting passage of time, but supercentenarians who live to see their 110th birthday have a ...

Archaeologists recovered the naturally mummified remains of more than 100 Indigenous Yakuts who were buried in Siberia ...

A study suggests psychiatric disorders can share the same genetic signatures and that they may stem from shared biological mechanisms. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The species Orcinus orca, generally known as orcas or killer whales, is made up of many genetically distinct populations ...