In a new study of women in post-menopause, white women with higher genetic risk of obesity regained weight about two times ...

New genetic results reveal a previously unknown wave of people settled in South America 1,300 years ago and that Indigenous ...

New clues from genetic research may help explain what causes the most common heart defect present at birth. Researchers at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study of over 1.2 million people has uncovered new genetic clues to dyslexia, shedding light on brain development and reading ...

A study published today in PLOS Medicine has identified two new genetic pathways that contribute to cardiometabolic disease, which includes heart disease, obesity and diabetes.

A new study suggests that genetic makeup accounts for about 55% of human lifespan, far more than previously thought. Earlier research estimated heritability at 6–25%, but the latest findings ...

By the time modern humans began filtering into Europe around 45,000 years ago, the Neanderthals they encountered were already ...

A Harvard study indicates natural selection has favored red hair for millennia, suggesting redheads may become more common as ...

The research, part of the Indigenous American Genomic Diversity Project, combined newly sequenced genomes with existing databases to analyze a total of 199 contemporary Indigenous individuals from 53 ...

A study published today in PLOS Medicine has identified two new genetic pathways that contribute to cardiometabolic disease, ...

A study conducted in an Indian population has identified new molecular pathways that contribute to cardiovascular disease, ...