Ancestry and smoking influence genetic mutation rates in children, but parental age remains the strongest factor, a new study finds.

Rapidly mutating DNA regions were mapped using a multi-generational family and advanced sequencing tools. Understanding how ...

Ancestry and lifestyle choices of parents may affect the rate and type of new genetic changes that arise in their children, ...

Large-scale registry data from Norway reveal that genetics and shared family environments significantly influence key ...

A groundbreaking study led by Dalhousie researchers uncovers specific genetic links to the mental health condition, making it ...

For the first time, an international study has deciphered the genome of the population of Brazil. Published in the journal ...

"Mono," caused by Epstein-Barr virus, raises the risk of multiple sclerosis, but it's unclear why. A study pinpoints a ...

A new study suggests that people who are at risk for rare genetic forms of frontotemporal dementia should consider being ...

A seminal genetic study published in Nature Communication has discovered two genetic variants linked to breast cancer in black South African women, deepening knowledge about the genetic basis for ...

Sitting in my doctor's examination room, I was surprised when she told me, "Genetics don't really matter for chronic disease.

But based on our results, the common genetic variants in your genome can contribute just as much, if not more than, rare genetic variants to your heart failure risk," said David Lee, MD, Ph.D., a ...

A study of more than 3,000 genomes has traced a gene mutation that confers HIV resistance to a person who lived near the ...