A recent study finds that certain psychiatric disorders have considerable genetic overlap. But these genes aren’t the whole ...

Three start-ups are aiming to create gene-edited babies. Columnist Michael Le Page has no doubt that editing our offspring ...

Experiments on an ultra-rare genetic mutation that causes neurodegeneration in children have helped uncover a new mechanism ...

Gene editing has moved from theory to bedside with a speed that would have seemed impossible a decade ago. A new wave of ...

Scientists at Mount Sinai have developed a new artificial intelligence system (AI) that can predict not just whether a ...

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

A review article led by researchers from the B·ARGO group at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and from the ...

A single microscopic change in our DNA can permanently alter how the brain is built, locking in developmental problems that ...

Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former US president John F Kennedy, died after battling with acute myeloid ...

A microscopic flaw in the brain’s cellular scaffolding can shape brain size for life.

At 47, Todd Leach learned he carries a genetic mutation that significantly raised his risk for a rare stomach cancer. He had ...

During development of the digestive system, a complex network of nerves forms around it, creating a "second brain"—the enteric nervous system (ENS)—which controls the movement of food and waste ...