Learn how cats and humans can share key cancer mutations — and why those similarities could guide future treatment research.

Age, biological sex, and human genetic factors influence the production of antibodies during the immune response. A team of ...

For more than a century, Mendelian genetics has shaped how we think about inheritance: one gene, one trait. It is a model that still echoes through textbooks—and one that is increasingly reaching its ...

23andMe Research Institute today announced the publication of a new study highlighting the positive health actions taken by people who learned of their risk through direct-to-consumer genetic testing.

Scientists have pinpointed crucial genetic resistance to a fungal disease that threatens the global banana supply in a wild subspecies of the fruit. In a valuable step forward for banana breeding ...

Genetics is the study of genes and how they influence characteristics and health. Through a variety of technological methods, environmental factors, and lifestyle choices, it is possible to alter some ...

New twin research suggests genes may account for more than half of human lifespan, but experts emphasize that lifestyle choices still play a critical role in how well — and how long — people live.

Costa Mesa, California - February 12, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Genetics play a significant role in determining a dog’s ...

In two new studies on 28,000 individuals, researchers are able to show that genetic variants in 11 regions of the human genome have a clear influence on which bacteria are in the gut and what they do ...

Shaped by fads and one-size-fits-all approaches, current dietary practices rely on the idea that everyone needs the same food to achieve similar results, an idea challenged by new research from the ...