A new study suggests that inherited traits explain a small but measurable share of why some people relocate far from where they were born.

Scientists have found that a special component in some people's blood provides them with natural protection against malaria. A recent study has demonstrated that a genetic variant named rs112233623-T ...

Live Science spoke with a bioethicist and sociologist about emerging genomic technologies, including those that enable parents to "score" and "select" IVF embryos.

Companies now offer polygenic embryo selection to prospective parents undergoing IVF. But the technology is dangerously ...

But they disagree on whether studying social genomics—elucidating any potential genetic contributions to behaviors ranging from mental illnesses to educational attainment to political affiliation—can ...

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 ...

The rise of gene editing forces regulators to confront a difficult question: How to protect fair play in the age of genomic medicine.

Couples can now model 100 potential children across rare and common diseases, offering the most complete picture of ...

In “What We Inherit,” Sam Trejo and Daphne O. Martschenko examine the link between genetic myths and social genomics.

Researchers have found that a new base-editing gene therapy can help treat a rare neurodevelopmental disorder called Snijders Blok–Campeau syndrome caused by mutations in the CHD3 gene. A specialized ...

Ex-Prince Andrew reportedly arrested by UK police on misconduct charges as Epstein fallout grows I googled my long-lost father's name. My stomach dropped when I saw what he'd done. Woman’s backyard ...

A new radiocarbon reassessment has established that the so-called Lapedo child from central Portugal was buried approximately ...