South Carolina’s In Our DNA SC program brings free genomic screening to all 46 counties, uncovering hidden cancer and heart ...

Does informing people about their genetic risk of obesity help them change their habits and lose excess weight? A study ...

In Australia, every newborn baby is offered a screening test for 34 serious but treatable conditions (or groups of conditions ...

Just as this country celebrated its 250th birthday, some geneticists were celebrating America, too. At the end of June, the ...

Living nearly 900 meters underwater, this isopod evolved unusual adaptations to thrive in the world’s most food-scarce ...

A team led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a genome-scale reference map that details how individual genes control the functions and identities of human stem ...

A genetic survey of urban rodents in the northeastern United States has revealed widespread mutations associated with ...

Scientists with Scripps Research helped pioneer wastewater testing in San Diego, using samples taken from local treatment ...

In 2021, local journalists reported that the University of Pennsylvania had been keeping human remains from the ...

Scientists once thought no mammals could survive at this altitude. But a tiny mouse living almost 22,000 feet up in the Andes is proving them wrong and offering clues about life in extreme conditions.

The defense secretary’s idea of administering testosterone therapy to members of the US Armed Forces reveals little ...

The health secretary has been raising the alarm on a so-called male fertility crisis, but there was no evidence he originated ...