When Richard Dawkins’s first blockbuster book was published half a century ago, few genes had ever been sequenced or studied ...

Researchers at McGill University have discovered a centuries-old genetic mutation that helps to explain why some ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection of interventions that restore tissues and organs damaged ...

Seven years ago, I took a bet from one of the most controversial figures in the scientific world. Charles Murray, the political scientist who—along with the late psychologist Richard Herrnstein—wrote ...

Researchers at UCLA Health have identified a key gene that may help explain why women are more likely than men to develop a ...

A mutation in a gene for a sperm-related protein found in 20% of men may be responsible for a significant proportion of unexplained male infertility, according to a new study.more About 15% of couples ...

A new study from the University of Cambridge found that Labradors and humans share a key gene linked to obesity. The DENND1B gene influences hunger signals in the brain, making those with the variant ...