The weight you lose and the nausea you experience from GLP-1 drugs may be linked to common gene variants, but they can’t ...

For decades, scientists have been carefully unraveling the role of genes in disease by examining how small variations in a ...

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 23andMe Research Institute, a nonprofit medical research organization, ...

By sequencing the DNA of thousands of Latin American individuals, researchers confirmed that autism risk genes are ...

What is the human exposome? A massive study quantifying 115,000 associations shows that cumulative environmental exposures rival genetics in predicting disease.

Cells are the basic building blocks of all living organisms. In a healthy body, cells follow an orderly life cycle: they develop from a systematic process called mitosis, perform important ...

A new study identified genetic variants that researchers say can affect pounds lost while taking a GLP-1 drug.

Researchers conducted one of the largest-yet studies examining links between environmental exposures and health outcomes.The research ...

Variations in p21 protein activity may help explain why different people with MS develop different types of the disease, a study reports.

Scientists have developed an AI model capable of reading, analyzing and generating genetic code across all known domains of life—a development with vast implications for understanding human disease, ...

MINNEAPOLIS – A federally funded study aims to determine if whole-genome sequencing at birth can reduce childhood diseases and deaths while satisfying growing concerns over genetic privacy and public ...