Watermelon is a quintessential summertime fruit, evoking images of warm, sunny afternoons and cookouts with friends and ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes. A gene is a basic unit of heredity, the means by which traits get passed from one generation to the next, and genetics is the study ...

Prospective parents can now pick embryos based on risk predictions for thousands of diseases and odds for specific traits.

An individual’s genetics and their environment both shape their personality. However, opinions differ on the degree to which each of these factors influences personality, and how they contribute to ...

Study highlights genetic factors driving earlier diabetes onset, reduced insulin production, and obesity patterns in South Asians. Study: Genetic basis of early onset and progression of type 2 ...

For most of human history, being left-handed was treated as a flaw, a bad omen, or worse. The Latin word for left, "sinister, ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This hereditary ...