A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop. Until recently, many fast-changing parts of the human genome remained ...

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health ...

Rapidly testing hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences, scientists identified specific genetic variations contributing to blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar.

Genetic differences that contribute to how long a person will live and their risk of Alzheimer's disease have been identified by researchers at UCL and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI). The ...

Clinical manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may range from laboratory abnormalities without consequences to life-threatening organ disease. [1] Although genome-wide association ...

Knowing how human DNA changes over generations is essential to estimating genetic disease risks and understanding how we evolved. But some of the most changeable regions of our DNA have been ...

There is a genetic feature known as a repeat expansion, in which short sequences are repeated continuously. Some of them naturally get longer as we age, but there are also over 60 diseases that can be ...

A man sits outside and holds a slim menthol cigarette between his fingers. Close-up with focus on the cigarette. The study provided a comprehensive examination of how lifestyle and environmental ...

Horses are exceptional athletes, able to push their large bodies further and faster than just about any other animal. A new study in the journal Science suggests that an unusual genetic change might ...