Novel genes have been identified that confer an increased risk for obesity and are linked to obesity traits, according to a ...

Sohini Ramachandran is a professor of biology, data science, and computer science at Brown University. C. Brandon Ogbunu is ...

A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based gene editing to treat a child with a rare genetic disorder. Unlike earlier ...

A large genetic study found people with gene variants that lower certain cholesterol pathways had a markedly lower chance of ...

Regular orange juice consumption reprograms immune-cell gene activity linked to blood pressure, lipid metabolism, and ...

The findings are the focus of a Channel 4 documentary, which reports that evidence points to Hitler having Kallmann syndrome.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle - specifically, a diet rich in fibre but light on red/processed meat, regular exercise, not smoking, and sticking to a normal weight—is linked to a ...

A growing body of research suggests that vitamin D may play a subtler role in mood than previously assumed, becoming most influential only when levels drop to the low end of the spectrum.

When researchers look for potential cancer therapy targets, they typically go after protein-coding genes that participate in ...

Researchers revisit advances in generating genetically modified plants that prevent bedbugs, beetles, weevils, and woodworms from digesting starch.

You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the ...

Older fathers’ sperm carry more harmful mutations, raising children’s genetic risks. Discover how age impacts DNA and ...