A new study suggests that children with a genetic predisposition to eczema may benefit from having a pet dog at home.

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PKD is a genetic disorder marked by kidney cysts and progressive damage. Discover the science, treatment guidelines, and ...

A change to a single gene in the bacterium Yersinia pestis has enabled one of the world’s most notorious pathogens to survive ...

Reducing the copies of one gene in the bubonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, made it less deadly but potentially more ...

Also known as selective breeding, artificial selection is the human-guided cousin of evolution by natural selection. Instead ...

Industrial fermentation using bacteria, yeast and other microbes to produce specific products has the potential to reduce ...

A new international study has revealed that most protein-level differences between men and women aren't due to genetics alone ...

Octopuses just stunned scientists again this time with their ancient and highly unique sex chromosomes. Unlike most animals, octopuses seem to possess a genetic system that predates our current ...

"We hope to deepen our understanding of cats and contribute to building happier relationships between cats and humans," said ...

Hypertension is a common condition that's largely preventable through lifestyle habits like exercising regularly and limiting ...

Men who carry two copies of a common genetic variant are twice as likely to develop dementia than women with the same ...