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

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

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

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 ...

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

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, ...

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

A 75-year-old man with a genetic predisposition for Alzheimer’s has yet to show signs of the disease. Could this offer ...

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, ...

An expert explains the importance of genetic testing in metastatic colorectal cancer, as recent FDA approval highlights its ...

While carrying the dreaded genetic variation that plagued his family members, he still has no symptoms of Alzheimer’s.