Alzheimer’s may be driven far more by genetics than previously thought, with one gene playing an outsized role. Researchers ...

Non-protein-coding genes have been linked to a hereditary condition, retinitis pigmentosa, that causes progressive blindness.

You're walking around right now carrying the genetic fingerprints of infections that happened millions of years ago. Deep ...

Huntington's disease is caused by an inherited genetic change that causes production of an altered protein. This leads to nerve damage in areas of the brain that control movement and thinking.

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through ...

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