A new study, published in the journal Science, reveals how millennia of human migration across Pacific islands led to the ...

The species Orcinus orca, generally known as orcas or killer whales, is made up of many genetically distinct populations ...

A study offering newborn babies "cutting-edge genomic screening" with the hope of identifying rare but treatable illnesses could be "life-changing" for families, doctors have said. Gloucester Royal ...

Researchers found a genetic variant that appears to protect against the development of CHIP, a phenomenon that can lead to ...

The research represents a major step forward in revealing how the three dimensional form of DNA shapes the way human biology functions. In a major step toward understanding how the physical form of ...

A recent World Health Organization (WHO) analysis reveals that less than 5% of disease-focused genomic studies are conducted ...

A recent genetic study has revealed a new chapter in human evolution: modern humans originated from at least two ancestral ...

Your "roommate's" genes could be influencing the bacteria living in your gut, and vice versa, according to a study of rats ...

Even as humpbacks rebound in number, their genomes reveal a loss of genetic diversity and a buildup of harmful mutations left ...

A new study challenges what's long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause inherited blindness.

Groundbreaking research at Seattle Children's Hospital provides critical genetic diagnoses for newborns within 48 hours.

More than 80 per cent of genomic studies across the world looking into diseases are concentrated in high-income countries, ...