For the first time, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers have studied how work, volunteering and leisure activities ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

GeneDx is targeting a big market for its genetic testing: every newborn baby. The 24-old-company is developing a plan to make the testing common at birth.

A new study has found that men recovering from alcohol use problems tend to have less brain tissue in areas linked to thinking and emotion compared to healthy men. The research also found that these ...

Emerging research highlights the complexities of cardiovascular medicine, particularly regarding the interplay between genetic predispositions, ...

Amid a shakeup in U.S. science, researchers are expressing alarm over the integrity of key genetic databases overseen by the ...

Children’s eating habits are strongly influenced by their parents' weight status, with those having overweight or obese ...

This important study shows that the activity of hypothalamic hypocretin/orexin neurons (HONs) correlates with body movement over multiple behaviors. Sophisticated techniques and analyses showcase this ...

It took more than 50 years for Marthe Gautier to set the record straight about her discovery of the genetic cause of Down ...

In real life, mutants can arise when their DNA changes to give them an advantage over the rest of the population. A team from the University of Michigan has used simulations on the Pittsburgh ...

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...