The mystery of Kenneth McCarthy’s disappearance in Charlotte in 2013 has been solved, bringing closure to his family after ...

Genetic predisposition to rheumatoid arthritis increases the risk of interstitial lung disease by 15.5%, as shown by Mendelian randomization analysis. The study used 52 single nucleotide polymorphisms ...

Dick Van Dyke and Gene Hackman were friends for most of their lives, and the centenarian recently reflected on the loss of his friend.

The Ontario Hereditary Cancer Research Network is assembling a province-wide registry for research-consented individuals who have received hereditary cancer gene testing.

Every function in a cell is associated with a particular protein or group of proteins, typically in a well-defined ...

Rita Ora is tuned into the supernatural. “My grandma was, for sure, a witch,” Ora, 34, claimed during a Thursday0, Instagram ...

A significant share of the risk and heritability of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is explained by rare genetic variants. A study led by scientists from Aarhus University in Denmark ...

In many aspects of our lives, we find meaning in the order in which events occur. We buy into myths about "middle child ...

Researchers have mapped the regulatory elements that control the FOXP3 gene, which is implicated in maintaining balance in ...

Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have revealed a previously overlooked layer of genetic variation that ...

The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit ...

Dr. Comfort is a historian of genetics who is completing a biography of James Watson. At first, James Watson terrified me. It ...