Children born during this time of recession showed genetic markers of accelerated aging.

The mysterious component of our genome could be a potential site for treating diseases like cancer.

While the science shows that most miscarriages are due to genetic errors, society continues to blame them on women for everything from working, exercising, or having sex.

"This capability to turn genes on and off in cells isolated directly from human blood is a game changer.”

Endometriosis is common and incurable, and gene-based research can shape better treatment options.

Albinism keeps the body from making enough of a chemical called melanin, which gives eyes, skin, and hair their color.

As many as 1 in 3 people may experience a photic sneeze reflex, which tends to be a genetic trait.

A new large-scale study of napping habits and genomes suggests "daytime napping is biologically driven and not just an environmental or behavioral choice."

The finding suggests the need to expand the groups dubbed vulnerable populations amid the pandemic.

A new study of India's genetic diversity flies in the face of previous, Euro-centric research that held the closer people live to each other, the more similar their genomes.

The new research has important implications for how scientists study the influence of nature versus nurture on disease.

The way we perceive temperature is complicated, influenced by circulation, metabolism, body size, sex, and mental health.

It's the first time scientists have been able to map a human genome from anything other than human bones.

New research sheds light on how some people can sleep 3-4 hours per night and still function at full potential.

Scientists have a moral responsibility to develop health care for all, without ethnic, cultural, economic, or educational boundaries.

It's time to let die the myth that left-handednes can and should be corrected.

New research in monkeys suggests the chronic stress that comes with low social status affects gene expression and upward mobility can't undo it.

In the largest and most diverse genetic study of PTSD to date, scientists have identified sex- and ancestry-specific genetic risk factors for the psychiatric disorder.