A new study published in Science estimates that roughly half of the variation in human lifespan is determined by genetics, nearly doubling the figure that researchers have accepted for decades. The ...

A type of brain cell that plays a vital role in maintaining neural networks and repairing injuries lies at the core of a promising newly published Nature study on Alzheimer’s disease from the USF ...

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition in which the body attacks its own insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Some ...

The cause of rare diseases is increasingly being detected through genome sequencing, which involves reading the entire human DNA by first breaking it into small pieces -- short reads. Scientists found ...

Distinct GLP1R and GIPR variants correlated with nausea/vomiting risk, with a GIPR signal appearing tirzepatide-specific and showing markedly increased vomiting odds. New studies from 23andMe suggest ...

Project MinE, an international consortium co-founded by researchers at King's College London, has identified new genetic variants that play a role in the development of motor neuron disease (MND).

We are starting to unpick the genetics of fibromyalgia, a poorly understood condition that causes chronic pain all over the body. The results of two studies – with millions of participants between ...