Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

When Santa Claus brought 10-year-old Kathy High a junior chemistry set for Christmas more than 60 years ago, he never could’ve imagined what an incredible gift he was giving her. And ...

A large international study suggests that a subset of people with Type 2 diabetes carry genetic variants that blunt the ...

Gene editing has emerged as a powerful approach for targeting the genetic causes of disease, but getting the editing ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can have the same genetic cause, a discovery that won ...

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is an inherited genetic developmental condition that strongly impacts brain development. Despite the ...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department detectives say they have solved a sexual-assault case dating back to the early 1990s, ...

A female Anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquito takes a blood meal from a host. For millennia, this mosquito has spread malaria.

In the spring, ants are once again hard at work. Beyond their everyday presence, ants are also key model organisms in cutting ...

GLP-1 drugs, including medications like Wegovy and Mounjaro, have become increasingly popular among people trying to lose weight. New research published in Nature shows that variations in two genes ...

Genetics may explain why Wegovy and Mounjaro work better for some people A new Nature study of 15,000 people reveals that genetic variants influence how much weight individuals lose on drugs like ...