“From Brown to Evergreen: How Eye Colors Evolved” Your eyes may seem ordinary when you catch your reflection each morn ...

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.

Unlike genetics, which often focuses on individual genes and their roles in inheritance, genomics looks at how all genes interact within networks and across environments.

Background Monogenic disorders are a major cause of fetal structural anomalies. Most genetic diagnoses involve de novo, biallelic or X linked variants; however, inherited variants in autosomal ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly between male Neanderthals and female humans.

Psychological development is like a river flowing along its course. From birth, our psychological maturation runs along ...

A study of the Mani Peninsula reveals that over half of local men share a paternal lineage reaching back to the early medieval era.

"Monogenic" diseases, triggered by mutations in just one gene, may actually be more complex than scientists thought.

DEAR DR. BLONZ: Nutrition labels on bulk bins at my local produce store show that dry and honey-roasted nuts are lower in calories and fat than regular roasted or raw nuts. Please explain.

Researchers have found that a new base-editing gene therapy can help treat a rare neurodevelopmental disorder called Snijders ...

Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) is one of the most common heritable connective tissue disorders. Early estimates have reported that this genetic disorder affects at least one in 5,000 ...

ABU DHABI, 19th February, 2026 (WAM) -- A rare inherited disorder affecting brain development and muscle strength has been officially named after an Abu Dhabi-based specialist at Burjeel Medical City, ...