Scientists discovered that DNA mutations influence aging by altering epigenetic changes and biological clocks.

In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

People who carry a certain variation of this repeated DNA sequence have more than double the risk (2.2 times higher)of ...

Only about 50 Apennine brown bears remain in the wild, and new research sheds light on a key challenge to their survival. The ...

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Brandi Muhle was 9 years old when her 35-year-old mother, an Omaha police officer and a marathon runner, was first diagnosed ...

A range of external factors, including exercise and smoking, was almost 10 times more likely than genetic risk factors to ...

A study finds that lifestyle and environment influence health more than genetics. Smoking, income, and exercise shape disease ...

Neurogeneticists have discovered a novel genetic mutation and associated buildup of toxic proteins in the brain -- a type of buildup distinct from amyloid or tau, proteins that have long been the ...

Explore new findings on bipolar disorder, from genetics to sleep patterns, plus emerging treatments and a neuroscientist’s ...

A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with the same mutation, a rare finding of a direct genetic link to psychosis, ...

The plant-editing system uses mRNA to avoid the risk that foreign DNA could be left behind and create unwanted mutations.