Spring at Burnside Farms brings the renowned “Holland in Haymarket” festival (though now located in Nokesville), which transforms Virginia soil into what feels like a teleportation device directly to ...

In a new paper published in the journal Trends in Genetics researchers from the University of Vermont and Trinity College ...

The pending economic failure of a company built on customers retracing their genetic pasts could pose a future security nightmare for those who lose control over what happens to their genomes.

The team looked for pieces of genetic code that were common in overweight dogs. They picked out one gene in particular - called DENND1B - that was associated with a higher body mass in the labradors.

23andMe collects and analyzes people’s genetic code and uses DNA samples to help people trace their ancestry or detect personal health risks, among other factors. The company filed for ...

In one study, published in Nature Genetics, researchers analyzed results from dozens of large genetic studies and uncovered more than 350 common DNA variants associated with AF risk, doubling the ...

Brain cells, or oligodendrocytes (green), in the hippocampus are marked with a genetic marker in the mouse ... suspect PLP1 may be the key. The gene codes for the primary protein of myelin ...

First, scientists have to understand where plants store selenium—whether the leaves, stems, roots, flowers or seeds—and then attempt to trace the exact genetic code that directs them to do so.

Research in Newfoundland led to a treatment that keeps Chad Pelley's heart from stopping, but the genetic variant he carries still poses a threat. The next step is finding a treatment that gets ...