Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study of the Turkana in Kenya reveals genetic adaptations to desert survival—and how those same traits may pose health risks ...

Botstein, Princeton’s Anthony B. Evnin ‘62 Professor of Genomics, Emeritus, and an emeritus professor of molecular biology ...

For thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on drinking water that would make most people ...

Why are some people unable to hear from birth, even though their inner ear appears intact? One possible cause lies in the ...

CDKL5, one of the five members of the CDKL family of genes, is important for proper neurodevelopment and associated with seizures. However, the role the other four members of this family play in ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based gene editing to treat a child with a rare genetic disorder. Unlike earlier ...

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...

In a demonstration that could help pave the way for gene therapies with fewer side effects, several human cell types have ...

A new study has answered a question that has puzzled cancer researchers for decades: Does a genetic defect found in nearly ...

Researchers studying British Labrador retrievers have identified multiple genes associated with canine obesity and shown that these genes are also associated with obesity in humans. The results are ...

In northern Kenya, where the ground is arid, the sun is hot, and water is a daily grind, the people have created a life that has endured for centuries. Their territory extends into Uganda, South Sudan ...