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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 large international study suggests that a subset of people with Type 2 diabetes carry genetic variants that blunt the effectiveness of widely used GLP-1–based drugs, despite unexpectedly elevated ...

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

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

As global warming accelerates, extreme heat waves are causing widespread death of tropical reef corals. Most corals rely on ...

A new study indicates scientists may be able to tell if a baby was breastfed by a blood test.