Key TakeawaysA highly sensitive DNA test can detect hidden leukemia cells that predict if a patient’s cancer is likely to returnPatients with the NPM1 mutation before a transplant were three to four ...

North Korean defectors who resettled in South Korea share genetics but markedly contrasting early-life exposures with South Korean residents.

The prescription drug leucovorin is getting a label update, though it’s not what that the US Food and Drug Administration ...

A new synthesis finds that common epilepsies are driven by thousands of tiny-effect genetic variants, most still ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia associated with increased risk of stroke, heart failure and mortality. Advances in genomic research have revealed a complex genetic architecture ...

Scientists studying 1,300 golden retrievers have uncovered genetic clues explaining why some dogs are more anxious, energetic, or aggressive than others. Remarkably, several of the same genes linked ...

For a long time, we’ve been sold the idea that Genghis Khan, the 13th-century founder of the Mongol Empire, was so phenomenally prolific that one in 200 men alive today carries his exact Y chromosome.

Cancer researchers are making strides in efforts to use genetic profiling to develop a more precise understanding of the response to treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a rare but aggressive ...

A multi-institutional study led by researchers at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and UC San Diego has uncovered new genetic rules that determine ...