Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have made an important advance toward understanding-and potentially treating-a rare cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease) that is present from birth ...

A new study finds the proteins responsible for controlling which genes are expressed in a genome do more than simply turn a ...

Advanced genomic testing could help erase significant disparities in breast cancer survival rates between white and Black ...

“In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the links between Parkinson’s disease – a brain disorder – and gut ...

Research into ancient DNA samples has discovered that those who carry genes for red hair also are have immune benefits — but ...

While the gene‑focused findings are new, breastfeeding’s health benefits are well established. According to the CDC, ...

Tracking how blood cancers develop over time has uncovered important genetic differences between patients whose disease stays ...

A recent study published in Cell Reports Medicine has identified distinct microbial signatures within the oral cavity and gut ...

DNA analyses of ancient skeletons show that a Stone Age population in present-day France collapsed around 5,000 years ago and was replaced by people migrating from southern Europe, according to a new ...

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which is the cause of AIDS, is a master of deception, using just nine genes to hijack ...

Genetic research in Parkinson disease (PD) and related disorders has advanced significantly in recent years, primarily through large-scale genome-wide ...

Neanderthals nearly vanished after a genetic bottleneck around 65,000 years ago, and a new study reveal swhere the last ...