Disease development is often shaped by genetics, with how much or how little a gene is expressed influencing disease risk.

Orange cats have always stood out in the living room, but new research shows they also stand apart in the mammal family tree.

Research into parental support needs is informing Cambridge Children's Hospital's commitment to provide a "whole family" ...

A Massachusetts woman gained two long-lost sisters through a DNA test — then tried to net a fortune when she sued them a ...

Archaeological evidence from sites like Madjedbebe suggested an arrival date of approximately 65,000 years ago, while genetic analyses consistently pointed to a much more recent timeframe of 47,000 to ...

Key breakthrough for the return of the dodo: viable cells have been obtained and genetically modified birds have been prepared.

Researchers in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences are exploring whether a person's genetic risk for depression can help predict how multiple sclerosis (MS) progresses.

Engineers, like evolution, are tinkerers. Few vehicles showcase how one car can spread into multiple roles quite like ...

Joshua Lederberg, Nobel laureate and president of Rockefeller University, is well known in biology circles. Not so his wife, ...

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

Find out how understanding the genetic basis of heart defects can lead to better outcomes for children with congenital heart ...

This is the first certificate offered by the genetics department, and one of the only STEM-focused certificates at the ...