Obesity is often a combination of genetic and lifestyle factors. Genetics can influence metabolic pathways, appetite control, and energy storage. Leptin resistance can lead to increased appetite and ...

Chromosomes are tightly coiled structures in each of your cells that contain DNA, the code for all life. DNA is organized in segments on chromosomes called genes. Humans typically have 46 chromosomes ...

Rare genetic traits are features that are uncommon within the general population. They can lead to different observable features or to rare physical abilities. Rare genetic traits are typically ...

It depends on what your goal is. By Dana G. Smith When Dr. Nir Barzilai met the 100-year-old Helen Reichert, she was smoking a cigarette. Dr. Barzilai, the director of the Institute for Aging Research ...

Genetic testing company Myriad Genetics (NASDAQ:MYGN) in Q3 CY2025, but sales fell by 3.6% year on year to $205.7 million.

Genetics make up who we are, what we look like, but they also can affect us in ways like cancer being passed down.

Dr. Conley is the author of “The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture.” Since Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” 150 years ago, the debate about what makes us who ...

Scientists analyzed data from more than one million users of 23andMe and found associations between certain genes and stuttering ...

Researchers have gained new insights into the genetic basis of rye reproduction. They have demonstrated how plants recombine ...

In announcing that circumcision doubles the rate of autism, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.