A Brazilian woman’s routine post-miscarriage tests led to a rare genetic revelation that surprised doctors and adds to our ...

Human evolution is explained through branching lineages rather than a simple linear progression. Fossils, genetics, and ...

One-year-old twin boys have been diagnosed with a rare eye disorder that causes sensitivity to light and impaired vision.

Mental illness is often described in abstract terms, but is rooted in the brain. A study reveals that genes influencing ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

Melissa Mae Carlton shares a 'medical update' on daughter Molly's death, saying doctors suspect her child had a genetic heart ...

Doctors in Brazil discover and confirm that a woman has blood with male chromosomes, a rare case of human chimerism.

Groundbreaking research at Seattle Children's Hospital provides critical genetic diagnoses for newborns within 48 hours.

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

Attention depends on the brain’s ability to filter out distractions, but new research suggests this works best when ...

Overharvesting has raised conservation concerns for a widely foraged plant, but researchers say that better genetic insights ...