The International Olympic Committee is under growing scrutiny as it reviews eligibility rules for women’s events ahead of the Los Angeles 2028 Games. Led by President Kirsty Coventry, the IOC’s ...

Researchers have found statistically significant links between a gene tied to schizophrenia risk and poorer cognitive ...

Human cells have two copies of each chromosome, and this balance is essential for genes to be expressed in the appropriate ...

St. Patrick’s Day gets us thinking about all things green — from shamrock decorations to our lawns, which we hope will soon show signs of life.

On the flipside, if telomeres are too long, it can also spell trouble because cancer cells require long telomeres to become longer lived, ‘immortal,’” says Mia Levine, associate professor of biology ...

Women lived an average of 81.4 years, men 76.5. This five-year difference has been consistent over recent decades. Why do women live so much longer than men? Some of the difference is biologic and not ...

Scientists have uncovered how certain “selfish” genes cheat the normal rules of inheritance by destroying rival sperm cells.

A new University of Utah-led study has discovered the mechanism behind a decades-old evolutionary mystery-how "selfish chromosomes" cheat the rules of genetic inheritance.

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic condition marked by uncontrolled hunger and complex behavioral and medical ...

Learn about gene expression studies in progressive supranuclear palsy in Mayo Clinic's Precision Medicine in Neurodegeneration Lab led by Nilufer Ertekin-Taner, M.D., Ph.D.

A study published in the journal Science reveals how jumping fragments of human DNA, a type of genetic parasite, destabilize the cancer genome. Unstable genomes are a fertile playground for cancer ...

A new University of Utah-led study has discovered the mechanism behind a decades-old evolutionary mystery—how "selfish chromosomes" cheat the rules of genetic inheritance. The researchers found that ...