Everyday DNA mutations can help us understand immune function and aging—and even mitigate harm caused by some inherited ...

Genetic mutations are more pervasive than previously thought, causing cancer and other ailments. Are there possible benefits ...

Discover how genetics and lifestyle choices influence human lifespan. This study reveals that genetics account for about 50% ...

The COVID-19 pandemic gave us tremendous perspective on how wildly symptoms and outcomes can vary between patients experiencing the same infection. How can two people infected by the same pathogen ...

A new study suggests that the long-standing Mendelian view of genetics has some blind spots.

A short period of heat stress changed genes in fruit flies, and these changes lasted for generations. Some offspring even ...

Although schwannomatosis is a genetic condition, the inheritance patterns for this disorder are complex and much less clear than for both NF1 and NF2. Some cases of schwannomatosis are familial, with ...

In Destiny’s Child No Longer: Rewriting Genetic Fate, we envisioned a world where every newborn would be screened for genetic risks. We see a future in which the randomness of genetic inheritance ...