Link found between super-agers, or people with exceptional longevity, to inherited DNA from Ice Age hunter-gatherer ...

Since the human genome was first mapped, scientists have discovered hundreds of genes influencing illnesses like breast cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Unfortunately, Black people, ...

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Race, widely used as a variable across biomedical research and medicine, is an appropriate proxy for racism — but not for anything biological. Proposals to use genetic ancestry instead of race are at ...

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Before she was celebrated on the front page of the New York Times. And before her name appeared in a Final Jeopardy! answer. Karen Batchelor was a teenager, who for a year in her life rode two Detroit ...

Interest in tracing family ancestry soared during the pandemic, according to the National Museum of Bermuda. The museum’s online genealogy database was used more than ever in 2020, prompting the ...

It's a question that has vexed researchers from the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak: Why do some people get severely ill and die from COVID-19, while others have mild symptoms or none at all?

This research has proven to be an important step in understanding the genes and cultural history of the Bo people and their unique death traditions. Adolf Hitler most likely suffered from the genetic ...

After my son asked about our family history, I set out to uncover my father's lineage, piecing together a family tree once ...