Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating hereditary disorder that strikes ...

Scientists from Delft, Vienna, and Lausanne discovered that the protein machines that shape our DNA can switch direction.

Study explains long-standing question of why Huntington’s disease symptoms typically do not appear until midlife even though ...

Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate ...

An emerging field of genetics promises to let parents choose the “healthiest” baby.

Understanding biological relationships is often critical when studying animal populations. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig University, the German ...

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that ...

"I know that he drugged me, probably for sexual abuse," Gisèle Pelicot's daughter told the BBC. "But I don't have any ...

A new mega-database of half a million mutations may flag new ways of treating genetic disease, scientists say.

Could tweaking your diet hold the key to eternal youth? The suggestion from recent research is that it can and even simple ...

Following Sam Konstas' impressive debut in the last match where he scored a half-century it is now Beau Webster's turn to rise to the occasion and present a fresh challenge to India in the series ...

The Dayton Flyers outscored La Salle 19-3 in the final eight minutes of the first half to build a 36-21 halftime lead Tuesday at UD Arena on the opening day of Atlantic 10 Conference play.