For decades, geneticists have known that most common illnesses are not caused by a single rogue gene but by intricate constellations of DNA variants acting together in specific cells. Now a new ...

Diseases like cancer or neurodegeneration are known to arise from genetic misfires. But treating such complex conditions hasn ...

For decades, the “classical view” of genetics has hewn closely to the original work of Austro-Hungarian biologist Gregor ...

Sometimes, a small error in the sequence of DNA can lead to a very serious disease. Scientists have identified many mutations that arise in a single gene to cause an ...

A genetic master map of ancient grasses could be the key to future-proofing global food supplies, according to a new study ...

The contribution of genetics to the variability in people’s metabolism has remained largely unknown. This is, in part, because genetic studies of human metabolism have been limited in scale and ...

The genetics of autism has long been one of the most intricate puzzles in neurodevelopmental science. Today, the pieces are coming together more rapidly than ever before. Landmark projects such as the ...

If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew ...