Sitting in my doctor's examination room, I was surprised when she told me, "Genetics don't really matter for chronic disease.

From Tama, Japan's most famous stationmaster calico cat, to the lasagna-loving, ginger Garfield, cats with orange fur are ...

Mutations may be unknown because of a lack of genetic testing in places such as developing nations ... but inequities remain. For example, comprehensive data about cystic fibrosis is scarce among ...

New research published in Molecular Neurodegeneration has revealed that mutations in three genes known to cause familial ...

A new gene editor takes advantage of CRISPR-associated proteins to insert whole genes into the genome, scientists report.

Researchers already had a rough idea of where in the cat genome to look: the X chromosome. That’s because the vast majority of orange cats are male; male cats carry only one X chromosome (the other ...

Mutations may be unknown because of a lack of genetic testing in places such as ... but inequities remain. For example, comprehensive data about cystic fibrosis is scarce among African populations ...

A generations-long culture of deep-diving among women on a South Korean Island may have changed their genetic evolution. A study shows potential for medical discoveries.

where people have evolved unique genetic mutations to enable survival at high altitudes. The Quechua peoples of Peru and Tibetans, for example, possess different mutations to a single gene ...