A Stanford geneticist says humans have so many genetic mutations that we're less intelligent than our ancestors, and it's getting worse. Eugenicists 100 years ago had similar hypotheses. By Rebecca ...

The essential qualities that people are born with — such as their natural appearance, emotional temperament and body constitution — are heavily influenced by their DNA. Unfortunately, some individuals ...

Our lives have been transformed by the information age. But what's coming next is likely to be more profound, call it the genetic information age. We have mapped the human genome and in just the last ...

You could say Michael Snyder is obsessed with learning about the inner workings of his own body. The Stanford University geneticist once tracked himself as he developed diabetes. Now, in a new paper, ...

Human Geneticist Dr. Neville Sanjana answers the internet’s burning questions about genetics and DNA. How are our genes related to our DNA? Does our DNA change during our lifetime? How do services ...

Katie Peichel, Ph.D. is an Associate Member and Evolutionary Geneticist for the Human Biology Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA. How did you choose your career? Was ...

The "pangenome" is meant to make medicine more equitable by including genetic sequences from a more diverse group of people. DrPixel via Getty Images Scientists have released a new-and-improved ...

The age of consumer genomics has arrived. Nowadays you can send a vial of your spit in the mail and pay to see how your unique genetic code relates to all manner of human activity—from sports to ...

I apologise that I could not respond earlier. A geneticist test genetic material (chromosomes, DNA) of an individual to identify the specific cause of an inherited disease or to predict risk or ...

A person's biological age does not always coincide with their passport age, but only scientific laboratories are able to accurately measure it today, and with errors, says Oleksandr Koliada, candidate ...

An animal geneticist at the University of California-Davis told Kansas cattle producers recently that a gene editing technique more common in plant genetics is also a safe option for shortening the ...