Scientists have traced kissing back to early primates, suggesting it began long before humans evolved. Their analysis points ...

Why do no two human faces look quite the same? Although we all follow the same biological blueprint, our features—the curve ...

Manali Shah is a molecular biology researcher with a deep interest in understanding how genetic variation influences health ...

Abnormalities: Mutations in discovered programs are linked to numerous craniofacial syndromes and facial abnormalities.

Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have revealed a previously overlooked layer of genetic variation that could help explain why people experience disease differently, and why some ...

Hidden changes in our DNA could help explain why conditions affect people differently, and why treatments don't work the same for everyone.

In a new study published in Nature Communications, Ruth Ley and her colleagues demonstrated that behavior—in this case, how ...

Mutations drive evolution, but they can also be risky. New research led by plant biologists at the University of California, ...

Medical research has long sought to gloss over the hormonal and chromosomal complications typical of female biology. But ...

Cincinnati Children’s celebrated Nov. 17 the opening of a new state-of-art facility for its Applied Gene and Cell Therapy Center, which will enable the health system to increase clinical trials of ...

A single Neanderthal skeleton pulled from a cave in the Rhône Valley has opened a window onto a branch of our cousins that ...