Understanding why some people stay healthy without developing disease until late in life (have an increased healthspan), ...

A study of long-lived families has identified rare genetic variants that may help people stay healthier for much longer as they age. One standout mutation appears to temper inflammation, potentially ...

The association between parents' body mass index (BMI) and their children's childhood BMI may be primarily due to genetic ...

Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) affects approximately 0.2–2% of pregnant women and typically develops after 30 ...

A study led by researchers at King’s College London and QIMR Berghofer medical research institute analysed genetic data on ...

NT-proBNP is one of the most widely used tested biomarkers in medicine. Doctors rely on it to diagnose and monitor heart ...

Almost 50 more genes have been flagged as being linked to Alzheimer’s, along with changes in activity in crucial cells that ...

The chemicals flowing through your bloodstream tell a story that your DNA alone cannot. They reflect what you eat, how your ...

A National Institutes of Health study will evaluate whether to screen tens of thousands of healthy infants for genetic ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have completed a massive genetic study that identifies key biological ...

QIMR Berghofer scientists have uncovered hundreds of genes that play a role in the growth of both moles and melanoma, in a ...

More than one-third of pregnancies subjected to advanced genetic testing for a foetal abnormality were terminated, according ...