Mendel's famous laws of heredity, established over a century ago, may not be as universal as once thought. A recent study on ...

A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows that social determinants of health—including environmental ...

In Mendelian inheritance patterns, you receive one version of a gene, called an allele, from each parent. These alleles can be dominant or recessive. Non-Mendelian genetics don’t completely follow ...

Scientists found that some inherited traits can bypass the traditional rules of genetics, revealing a surprising new layer of ...

NewYork-Presbyterian's program offers self-referred genetic testing, focusing on personalized cancer prevention and care.

Research on Tourette’s indicates that the condition is strongly influenced by inherited genetic factors, with environmental factors also contributing to its development. Tourette syndrome is a ...

Forty years ago, a postdoctoral researcher named James McGrath who would go on to spend more than three decades as a clinical geneticist and research scientist at Yale, made a discovery that advanced ...

Most autistic people support genetic research but fear how the findings might be used. Their concerns are becoming harder to ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health challenge that affects more than 800 million people worldwide. 1 CKD can be caused by a variety of disease processes. Many causes are difficult to ...

Research linked to Harvard University and Harvard Medical School suggests that redheaded women possess unique genetic and ...