Dear D.M.: FVL is an inherited genetic condition that somewhat predisposes people to excess blood clotting. It is very common ...

A gene on the X chromosome revs up inflammation in the female brain, which may explain why rates of multiple sclerosis are ...

Martin Kampmann’s work, supported by the National Institutes of Science (NIH), maps cellular “decision points” that determine ...

One hundred years after the heroic journey to Nome, scientists reveal how Balto's DNA explains his incredible endurance and ...

Recent research has uncovered a fascinating mechanism in the nematode worm C. elegans that could have profound implications ...

There’s 99.9% similarity across human genomes, with the remaining 0.1% variation being what makes each person unique.1 In ...

An international research team led by Hiroki Shibuya at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has ...

In 1962, a pediatric neurology resident at Columbia's Neurological Institute and his colleagues in the College of Physicians ...

The vestibular system is responsible for the sense of balance in the inner ear. Prolonged use of toxic substances, such as ...

Researchers have discovered that a gene called CHRNA3 plays a key role in determining alcohol sensitivity, helping explain why some people tolerate alcohol better than others.

Drosophila subobscura males regurgitate food and offer it as a gift to females during courtship. Credit: Tanaka et al., 2025 Researchers in Japan have genetically transferred a unique courtship ...

The study, recently published in the journal Nature, found that these tweaks changed how a key hip bone developed. This allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on ...