The return of the long-extinct wooly mammoth or dodo bird may sound like a storyline straight out of science fiction. It’s not. Several de-extinction projects all share an ambitious aim to resurrect ...

Involving a collaboration with 118 investigators contributing from 89 institutions, scientists from Queen Mary University of ...

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change how we prevent disease, age, and define human potential. The same tools ...

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among Western women, with up to 10% of cases attributed to genetic variants. Despite this, the roots of many familial cases remain unexplored, largely due ...

A new twin study suggests your genes may play a bigger role in your future success than your upbringing. Researchers found ...

A peer-reviewed study published in Science argues that the genetic contribution to human lifespan has been dramatically underestimated for decades. The research claims that once deaths from accidents, ...

Bigger, tastier tomatoes and eggplants could soon grace our dinner plates thanks to Johns Hopkins scientists who have discovered genes that control how large the fruits will grow. The research—led by ...

Myriad Genetics, Inc. announced that a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology found that the GeneSight® Psychotropic Test significantly reduced psychiatric hospitalizations in ...