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

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

Screening for common genetic variants in addition to rare genetic variants can help improve patient risk stratification for ...

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

Resources are available to help physicians when they encounter variants of unknown significance during genetic testing, Troy ...

Published in the journal Brain, the researchers recommend accounting for the protective variant in clinical trials that ...

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

The deciding factor is the number of copies of a small DNA sequence within the gray coat gene carried by each horse ...

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

A genome-wide association study in Sweden identified rare genetic variants near the SCAF11 and LRRC4C genes that may be linked to heart inflammation following COVID-19 mRNA vaccination. The findings ...

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

Since the human genome was first sequenced in 2003, the world's scientific community has been racing to decipher this "book" written in an alphabet of four letters.