Age, biological sex, and human genetic factors influence the production of antibodies during the immune response. A team of ...

New twin research suggests genes may account for more than half of human lifespan, but experts emphasize that lifestyle ...

23andMe Research Institute today announced the publication of a new study highlighting the positive health actions taken by people who learned of their risk through direct-to-consumer genetic testing.

For more than a century, Mendelian genetics has shaped how we think about inheritance: one gene, one trait. It is a model that still echoes through textbooks—and one that is increasingly reaching its ...

Scientists have pinpointed crucial genetic resistance to a fungal disease that threatens the global banana supply in a wild ...

Genetics is the study of genes and how they influence characteristics and health. Through a variety of technological methods, environmental factors, and lifestyle choices, it is possible to alter some ...

In two new studies on 28,000 individuals, researchers are able to show that genetic variants in 11 regions of the human genome have a clear influence on which bacteria are in the gut and what they do ...

A Florida state legislator sponsored the nation's first state-backed genetic screening program after his son died from a rare genetic disease.

Shaped by fads and one-size-fits-all approaches, current dietary practices rely on the idea that everyone needs the same food to achieve similar results, an idea challenged by new research from the ...

Costa Mesa, California - February 12, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Genetics play a significant role in determining a dog’s ...

Scientists have mapped how genetics and life experiences leave lasting epigenetic marks on immune cells. The discovery helps explain why people respond so differently to the same infections and could ...

In Mendelian inheritance patterns, you receive one version of a gene, called an allele, from each parent. These alleles can be dominant or recessive. Non-Mendelian genetics don’t completely follow ...