Mike Francisco was an athletic 35-year-old Phoenix medical professional when he was diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer. His story is not unusual.

Most of the genetic risk for developing a substance use disorder comes from genes that broadly affect how our brains process ...

Researchers analyze 2.2 million genomes to show that addiction risk is primarily driven by broad genes affecting brain wiring and impulse control, not drug-specific traits.

Women of Kenya’s Turkana community often walk miles each day in scorching heat to collect water for their animals and personal consumption. Credit: Julien Ayroles/UC Berkeley. F ...

Analysis of hundreds of environmental exposures and health outcomes quantifies influence of nongenetic factors ...

For decades, scientists have been carefully unraveling the role of genes in disease by examining how small variations in a person's genetic code can shape lifelong risk of developing common conditions ...

Genomics can help to identify people who are more likely to develop glaucoma potentially long before any symptoms of the disease appear. Instead ...

For more than a century, Mendelian genetics has shaped how we think about inheritance: one gene, one trait. It is a model that still echoes through textbooks—and one that is increasingly reaching its ...

Emmy-winning actress Catherine O'Hara died at home early on Friday, Jan. 30, at age 71 after "a brief illness," Variety and Deadline reported. No cause of death for the "Home Alone" and "Schitt's ...

Hollywood icon Catherine O’Hara died Friday at 71 after being rushed to an LA hospital in “serious” condition. Paramedics were called to the “Schitt’s Creek” star’s home and transported her to a ...

Mila Makovec was ten in 2021 when she died from an ultra-rare neurodegenerative disorder. But, though it had not saved her, she was nevertheless in the history books as the first to receive a drug ...

HOUSTON, Jan. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Baylor Genetics, a clinical diagnostic laboratory at the forefront of genetic testing, announced its support for the Genomic Answers for Children’s Health ...