Most cancers develop after many years as damage slowly builds up inside cells. Only a small percentage are caused by ...

Men and women are not born with the same risk of heart disease, and for decades scientists have struggled to explain why. A ...

The president said White House physicians concluded the senator most likely died from a rare inherited condition, rejecting ...

Gynaecologist explains when the test is recommended, what it detects, and whether a positive result always means ending a ...

As soon as the genetic counselor began speaking, mom-to-be Georgina Trousas sensed the news was not what they had hoped for.

Aortic dissection is a life-threatening artery tear that can cause sudden death. Cardiologists explain its causes, symptoms, ...

A genetic survey of urban rodents in the northeastern United States has revealed widespread mutations associated with ...

It’s not gene equals disease,” Valerie Reyna, a professor and neuroscience researcher at Cornell University, explained to me. Although a specific gene may elevate the risk for a particular ailment, ...

W hen I was first learning to write, my letters and words ran from right to left, reversed as if in a mirror. Being ...

In most modern cells, DNA stores the genetic blueprint, and relies on proteins to replicate, repair and build from those ...

Every living organism inherits a unique combination of traits, from eye colour and blood type to resistance against certain ...

Diabetes has become so common in India that almost every family knows someone living with the condition. Parents worry about ...