A gene on the X chromosome revs up inflammation in the female brain, which may explain why rates of multiple sclerosis are ...

One hundred years after the heroic journey to Nome, scientists reveal how Balto's DNA explains his incredible endurance and ...

Dear D.M.: FVL is an inherited genetic condition that somewhat predisposes people to excess blood clotting. It is very common ...

Martin Kampmann’s work, supported by the National Institutes of Science (NIH), maps cellular “decision points” that determine ...

An international research team led by Hiroki Shibuya at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has ...

There’s 99.9% similarity across human genomes, with the remaining 0.1% variation being what makes each person unique.1 In ...

In 1962, a pediatric neurology resident at Columbia's Neurological Institute and his colleagues in the College of Physicians ...

Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a versatile and non-toxic technology for controlling the activity of ...

Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates ...

Researchers have discovered that a gene called CHRNA3 plays a key role in determining alcohol sensitivity, helping explain why some people tolerate alcohol better than others.

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified a gene responsible for the biological immortality of the Turritopsis dohrnii, commonly known as the “immortal jellyfish.” This unique species ...

Drosophila subobscura males regurgitate food and offer it as a gift to females during courtship. Credit: Tanaka et al., 2025 Researchers in Japan have genetically transferred a unique courtship ...