DNA from victims and survivors of the Black Death pandemic has identified key genetic differences that determined who lived and who died.

Multidisciplinary team of researchers have found that the gene, Tob, plays an important role in reducing depression, fear, and anxiety.

A discovery about how some visually impaired adults could start to see offers a new vision of the brain’s possibilities.

In recent years, researchers have extensively examined which genes and gene variants play a role in excess weight.

The human brain is probably the most complex organ in the entire living world and has long been an object of fascination for researchers.

MIT and Harvard researchers have mapped out many of the cells, genes, and cellular pathways that are modified by exercise or high-fat diet.

Researchers have found that a well-known gene, Tob, plays an important role in reducing depression, fear, and anxiety.

Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives, descending from the same species as humans more than 6 million years ago.

Researchers created embryos from stem cells that form a brain, a beating heart, and the foundations of all the other organs of the body.

In a new study, MIT researchers have developed nanoparticles that can deliver the CRISPR genome-editing system and specifically modify genes

A new technology enables the body to produce therapeutic agents on demand at the exact location where they are needed.

People could soon go to the doctor, shed a tear, and know if they are in the early stages of an illness within minutes.

The human genome is littered with “selfish genetic elements,” which do not seem to benefit their hosts, but instead seek only to propagate.

Researchers have created artificial Hox genes—which plan and direct where cells go to develop tissues or organs—using new synthetic DNA tech

Rochester biologists who study the genetics of lifespan suggest novel targets to combat aging and age-related diseases.

Despite huge variation in lifespan and size, different animal species end their natural life with similar numbers of genetic changes.

Too many women are getting unnecessary mastectomies and other invasive procedures due to a knowledge gap about differences in cancer genes.

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the destruction of a specific population of neurons.

Researchers identified a potential way to battle the health effects of obesity and type 2 diabetes in women.

The most critical genes that cause coronary heart disease and trigger heart attacks have been identified in a major new study.