Half of our genome is made of transposons — snips of DNA that can move and copy themselves. But they’re more than parasites ...

Girls and boys exhibit sex differences within a few hours of birth, a University of Cambridge study has found.

Have you ever wanted to change your personality? Have you ever wondered, "Why am I like this?" or wished you were different ...

Sweat and eggs. At first glance, they have nothing in common. Yet, both tell the same story: even if you are born with the same potential, the environment in which you grow up changes who you are ...

Finland’s largest genetic research project, FinnGen, plans to expand its database to include health information on the entire Finnish population, reports Yle.

Diabetes Care editors suspended manuscript reviews as a part of the boycott of the American Diabetes Association, but the ADA insisted reviews would go on. Researchers wonder how.

A new longevity study found that people whose parents lived to 100 had lower risks of death, heart disease and high blood pressure.

Annual community gathering invites the wider community to the UChicago campus for a day of discovery and hands-on science ...

Key points Eleven undergraduate students at the University of Florida are the first to assemble the pignut hickory tree ...

Daphne Karydas appointed as President and Chief Financial Officer- Weston Miller, MD, appointed as Chief Medical Officer- Additional ...

Daniela Roland, Penn State Extension Franklin County Dairy Educator When dairy producers think about improving milk ...

Schizophrenia, height, cholesterol. Each has its own genetic signature. That signature is made up of genetic variants: small ...