A growing number of felines have fallen sick. Though they have not transmitted the illness to people, scientists fear the ...

The American Heart Association warns Latinos are at higher risk for conditions that lead to heart disease. “So probably a good 19% of patients with cardiac disease are of the Hispanic,” said ...

In human cells, only a small proportion of the information written in genes is used to produce proteins. How does the cell ...

A team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists has shown, for the first time, that a gene "silencer" that resides in junk DNA is directly sparing people from a devastating ...

DNA study shows the deadly potato blight came from South America.

The root causes of most forms of Alzheimer's disease largely remain a mystery. Now, researchers have revealed a new piece of the puzzle.

A combination of human pedigree analysis and fruit fly genetics has identified a gene variant that appears to prevent PIGA-CDG, a rare but serious seizure disorder. The findings could ultimately lead ...

University of Queensland researchers have for the first time introduced genetic material into plants via their roots, opening ...

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has received a $35 million donation from the Paul J. DiMare Foundation — the third largest gift in the organization's history.

The researchers found that having at least two servings of yogurt a week was helpful. A serving of yogurt is 6 ounces, so ...

You may have heard about the large underground seed vault in Svalbard, Norway, which opened in 2008. But you might be ...

An international team of geneticists, public health specialists and environmental scientists from Greenland, Denmark and ...