Research conducted by an international team and led by biologists at the University of Kentucky has found that the ability to ...

(Microscope not required.) Season 2 of The Gene Explained (For Those Without Microscopes) is now streaming! New episodes explore terrifying genetic transformations, viral invasions, unexpected ...

Researchers identified genes that could explain why some assisted reproductive technologies, like IVF, carry a higher risk of growth and metabolic issues in offspring.

Explore this timeline to see how philosophers and scientists throughout the ages tried to explain how traits are ... Encoded in that DNA are genes – instructions on how to make everything ...

A study finds that female mice using only a maternal X chromosome experience faster brain aging, leading to memory loss.

A study comparing men and women suggests much of the association arises from genetic propensity to both conditions.

In 2010, a Swedish geneticist, who had been obsessed in his youth with the idea of recovering genetic material from an ...