Can you escape your genetic inheritance, and do lifestyle changes actually make a difference? Daniel Cossins set out to ...
One gene causes one trait or a specific illness. When doctors use genetics, it’s usually to try to identify a disease-causing gene to help guide diagnosis and treatment. But for most health conditions ...
A small blood gene difference made Neanderthal pregnancies with modern humans risky, possibly contributing to their disappearance.
Bent bone dysplasia (BBD) is a perinatal-lethal skeletal disorder caused by pathogenic FGFR2 mutations that disrupt bone ...
Scientists are searching for the secret in Doug Whitney’s biology that has protected him from dementia, hoping it could lead to ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s for many other people.
A deadly fly once wiped out across North America has resurfaced in northern Mexico – and it’s creeping ever closer to the US ...
The English journalist Matthew Syed has written about the quiet tribalism that seeps into parts of modern Britain – ...
Have you ever wondered why some people panic at the sight of a spider while others remain perfectly calm? Fear serves as ...
When Chinese medical student Li Shiu Tong met Magnus Hirschfeld in Shanghai during Hirschfeld’s 1931 world tour, their relationship — in which Li accompanied and cared for the famed sexologist ...