Researchers analyzed genetic data from hundreds of thousands of individuals in the US and UK to investigate the genetic ...

Humans contain multitudes. Each person on the planet contains enough DNA to stretch to Pluto—several times. Studying how all this genetic material works, and especially how genes influence human ...

Researchers analyzed genome-wide association data to determine if genetic differences in autism are linked to biological sex ...

Scientists have discovered genetic clues to the cause of restless leg syndrome, a condition common among older adults. The discovery could help identify those individuals at greatest risk of the ...

Deep in the rainforests and coastal villages of Malaysian Borneo, a quiet scientific milestone has been reached. Researchers ...

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Florida has launched a newborn genomic screening pilot program designed to test babies for more than 900 genetic conditions, making it the first state-funded initiative of its kind in the nation.

Studying how genes influence human behavior is an enormously complicated undertaking. Socio-genomicists are harnessing massive banks of genetic data and complex data science analysis techniques to ...