genes
Why is former basketball player Shawn Bradley so tall? His DNA could offer the answer
As a first-round draft pick from Brigham Young University, Shawn Bradley caused a hubbub during the 1993 NBA draft. That ...
Targeting breast cancer through the genes of Sub-Saharan African women
For the first time, DNA contributed by Sub-Saharan African women has been thoroughly evaluated with innovative genomics technology in an ...
Reading genes: How much of your future do they reveal?
The journal Nature Genetics recently published an enormous study demonstrating yet again how multiple sites on the genome can play a role ...
Researchers turn genetic corner in fight against devastating wheat disease
Researchers from the University of Sydney, CSIRO, the United Kingdom's John Innes Centre, Limagrain UK and the National Institute of ...
‘Zombie gene’ could explain why elephants rarely get cancer
[B]igger animals, which have more cells, should have greater occurrences of cancer. By that reasoning, elephants, with hundreds of times ...
Heart disease risk: New genetic test could offer stronger early detection
You know your cholesterol, your blood pressure ... your heart gene score? Researchers say a new way of analyzing genetic ...
Ancient genetic oddity makes whales and other aquatic mammals deadly susceptible to common pesticides
Over the past 50 million years, a group of small, hoofed mammals gradually evolved into today’s whales and dolphins. In ...
Searching for ALS genes in Appalachian Mountain family trees
With patient visits along the way, [Dr. Edward Kasarskis and Debby Taylor would] be tracing, in reverse, the path of ...
Tamed foxes could help unravel complex genetics behind social behavior
[D]omestication, based purely on behavioral traits, can result in other changes — like curlier tails and changes to fur color ...
Relationship between genes and obesity could be altered by what we eat
A correlation between obesity and genetics has been found to be modified by diet, according to a scientific paper in ...
Can success in life be predicted by our genes?
A team of researchers from the U.S., the U.K. and New Zealand has found genetic variants that appear to confer ...
Preparing for motherhood: Do the father’s genes play a role?
[A] father may have the ability to dictate a mother’s attentiveness to their offspring—before it’s even born. The paternal genes ...
Can genes predict our chances of educational success?
The largest-ever genetic study on human cognition has found more than 1,000 links between people’s genes and how far they ...
Scientist chases cure for her rare brain disorder using ‘clear genetic blueprint’
In 2011, Sonia Vallabh was handed a genetic report that contained a death sentence. But it also held a map ...
We’re in the early stages of a genetic revolution. Should we be worried?
Many people have overestimated the effects of genetic era. The truth is that we still don't know what most of ...
Using CRISPR to map human gene functions
UC San Francisco scientists have used a high-throughput CRISPR-based technique to rapidly map the functions of nearly 500 genes in ...
Can a genetic test predict risk of opioid addiction?
The opioid crisis is an ongoing tragedy, with fatal overdoses costing thousands of lives each year. Although opioids are an ...
Infographic: Examining shared genetics of different psychiatric disorders
People who have autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder may have different challenges, but the ailments might arise from a common ...
Understanding the weird world of genes
Pretty much everyone, at least in societies with access to public education or exposure to media in its various forms, ...
How dreams may help us declutter our brains and solve problems
Do you remember your dreams from last night? In how much detail? Were they related to anything you experienced during ...
Why does a drug work for you, but not for your sibling or friend? It’s in the genes
If you think you're not getting the same benefit from an over-the-counter medicine you've taken that others are getting, your ...
Vacation hazard: Your gut bacteria picks up souvenirs, too
When we travel our gut bacteria can pick up antibiotic resistance genes in just two days. What does that mean ...
Here’s what we really know about transgender genetics—so far
The week started strangely. On [March 19], the author of a new book on transgender identity emailed me, asking about ...
Getting to the roots of insomnia and what you can do about it
Ever struggle with sleep? Almost all of us will at some point our lifetime. Several factors are at play--including travel ...
Understanding the genetics of height—and why it matters in the fight against many human disorders
Hoping to help researchers find links between diseases and mutations, the UK Biobank opened its vault last summer, allowing access ...
Finding meaning in the music of our genes
There is a musical pattern to our DNA, and it may help us understand how genes work and pinpoint diseases ...
Why all identical twins who are overweight are not identically obese
Identical twins have the same genomes, but they don't always look exactly the same, particularly in regards to weight. Science ...
