Researchers looked at a gene that is critical to regulating the body’s iron levels. A common genetic variant is linked to a ...

June 26, 2025, is the 25th anniversary of the White House announcement of the first sequencing of the human genome, and July 28, 2025, marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of the first ...

Variants of obesity-related genes influence how much weight patients lose on specific weight loss drugs like liraglutide, two studies report.

3, Ch. 20). The genetic basis and evolutionary causes of quantitative variation are now receiving renewed attention, both within evolutionary biology, and in applications to human genetics and ...

A new study from the NIH’s All of Us program is shaking up long-held assumptions by revealing that genetic ancestry rarely ...

Researchers suggest an approach that could aid the design of next-generation multitarget strategies for treating complex ...

For genetic analysis, we view the expression level of a gene as a quantitative or 'complex' trait, analogous to an individual's height ... variation will lead to further developments in human ...

Genetic ancestry is much more complicated than how people report their race and ethnicity. New research, using data from the ...

Genetic ancestry is much more complicated than how people report their race and ethnicity. New research, using data from the ...

It shows how a single genetic tweak ... metabolism and height to share roots, but they do. And the story starts with meat. “The dietary shift from a primarily plant-based diet to increased meat ...

SEATTLE, May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- An exhibit on human origins at the Smithsonian vastly overstates the genetic similarity between humans and apes and needs to be fixed according to Discovery ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between height and area-level deprivation by ethnic group in children in England. Design Cross-sectional analysis of data gathered from the ...