A man with genetic mutation that causes Alzheimer's to appear before age 50 remains cognitively fine in his mid 70s. Understanding why could lead to new treatments for the disease.

Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion ...

For the first time, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers have studied how work, volunteering and leisure activities ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

GeneDx CEO Katherine Stueland likes the potential of newborn testing, but she says her Stamford, Connecticut, company is ...