Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito commented after his decision to recuse himself from a landmark climate case ...

A new book follows a family with an inherited form of FTD, a type of early-onset dementia. The book explores how family ...

Around 7,000 years ago, the genetic diversity of human males suddenly dropped across parts of Africa, Europe,and Asia.

C EGFR T790M gene variant face roughly 25 times the lung cancer risk of noncarriers, according to the largest-yet study of ...

They cannot move in a new place. They stiffen when touched by strangers. They are startled by loud noises and have trouble ...

This article summarizes the current state of genetic testing and gene therapy based on the lecture by Shelby Redfield of ...

Lung cancer is so closely associated with smoking that people who have never smoked may assume their risk is extremely low.

Variants in genes involved in the production of extracellular matrix molecules could have enabled the skeletal adaptations that distinguish humans from other great apes.

As the world warms, antibiotic-resistant bacteria are escaping from frozen sediments. But with new monitoring tools, we can ...

Personality traits influence how people behave and experience the world. They are determined by both genes and environment, but deciphering the contribution of genetic variants to personality requires ...

Scientists have discovered a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses. Billions of years old, VIPR seems to predate CRISPR and may be even more effective. By Carl Zimmer Over the past decade, the ...