In 2015, biologists developed a breakthrough technology known as "active genetics," which results in parents transmitting a genetic trait to most of their offspring (instead of 50 percent receiving ...

Joselin Linder carries a rare mutation in her genes that is unique to the Linder family. The mutation causes a disease that killed her father in middle age and four other members of her family. In her ...

The field of genetics has seen astonishing breakthroughs and the development of world-changing technologies in the past half century. The field of genetics has seen astonishing breakthroughs and the ...

*Laws of Heredity* is an educational film that demonstrates how inheritance operates in statistically predictable ways, presenting the foundational insights first achieved by Gregor Mendel. Through ...

Genetics can play a role in a person's odds for Alzheimer's disease, and new research suggests differences in that risk are based on which parent had the illness. In a study of 4,400 people still ...

Patients with depression often struggle through weeks or months of trial-and-error to find the right antidepressant. Now the burgeoning field of pharmacogenomics ...