Genetic variants believed to cause blindness in nearly everyone who carries them actually lead to vision loss less than 30% ...

Environmental factors such as lifestyle and the medications you take influence the effects your genes have on your body — and can clarify how diseases develop. When you purchase through links on our ...

More people are turning to genetic counseling to understand their DNA and assess their risk for certain diseases. As part of ...

Monkeyflowers glow in a rich assortment of colors, from yellow to pink to deep red-orange. But about 5 million years ago, some of them lost their yellow. Botanists now explain what happened ...

Your genes code for all your traits. Some genes are dominant and expressed if you receive a copy from one parent. Others are recessive and only apparent if you receive a copy from both parents. Genes ...

Nutrigenomics is the scientific field that studies how human genetics and nutrition interact and how they affect a person’s health, well-being, and proneness to disease. The body responds to food and ...

Inflammation has to fight pathogens fast—but it can't get out of control. Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center ...

There are hundreds of genes that influence fat storage and metabolism. So, do we have any control over our weight at all? The experts weigh in. A technician displays a used flow cell, which holds DNA ...