Emotional, social and psychiatric problems in children and adolescents have been linked to higher levels of genetic vulnerability for adult depression. University of Queensland scientists made the ...

Parents may have more influence than they realize when it comes to shaping their children's behavior, especially for those at higher genetic risk for conduct problems, according to Rutgers Health-led ...

Genetics play a role in low testosterone for some men, but underlying causes vary widely. Many genes influence testosterone ...

Andrew Sabisky, a UK government adviser, recently resigned over comments supporting eugenics. Around the same time, the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins – best known for his book The Selfish ...

With genetic rescue, introducing unrelated individuals from another population can alleviate these genetic problems." "It allows natural selection to increase the amount of beneficial genetic material ...

CINCINNATI — Brynn Schulte nearly died twice when she was a baby, at one point needing emergency surgery for massive bleeding in her brain. No one knew what was wrong until a test that looked at her ...

In exchange for your mailed sample of saliva, direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing companies promise insights about your ancestry, your family connections, and even your health. These widely used ...

It’s well known that experiencing adverse events in childhood (such as maltreatment, domestic violence, or parental substance abuse) is associated with mental health problems. But, despite decades of ...

Whether by way of Attenborough, Disney or National Geographic, the iconic scene is familiar to many. The ground trembles and clouds of dust swirl as enormous hordes of large animals thunder across the ...

A puzzling modification of DNA that is typical in bacteria does not occur in humans or other mammals. This has been shown in a new study. The study shows that findings from the epigenetic marker 6mdA ...

Sometimes you can hear a French bulldog before you see it—it’s the wheezing sounds they make when they breathe. Frenchies, it seems, are 30 times more likely than other breeds to suffer from ...