People often remark that allergies run in their family, but the genetic causes have remained unclear. Previous food allergy ...

Autism spectrum disorder, also known simply as autism or ASD, is a developmental disorder that can vary widely from one patient to another. It can affect how people behave, socialize, or communicate ...

In “What We Inherit,” Sam Trejo and Daphne O. Martschenko examine the link between genetic myths and social genomics.

On average throughout the world men are taller than women, but why is this? Researchers now believe they have the answer, uncovering a key genetic mechanism behind this specific contrast in humans.

Novo Nordisk, the maker of weight management drugs Wegovy and Saxenda, has previously outlined a “mission to defeat obesity” by digging into its underlying biological causes, seeking to reduce stigma ...

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In a recent article published in JAMA Network Open, researchers investigated the role of genetics in the phenotypic association between screen time and psychiatric problems using a large ...

The emergence in the Neolithic of patrilineal 1 social systems, in which children are affiliated with their father's lineage, may explain a spectacular decline in the genetic diversity of the Y ...

Nurses at the Zaporizhzhia Children's Hospital tend to Milena, a 13 year-old girl hit by a bullet as she was evacuating from Mariupol with her family - Copyright AFP ...