Living past the age of 100 has long fascinated scientists and the public alike. While advances in medicine and healthier ...

A new study has provided new insights into the the genetic overlap among some psychiatric disorders, and can help explain why it’s not uncommon for several of these disorders to arise in the same ...

LONDON – A genetic variant commonly found in Chinese people may help explain why some got seriously ill with swine flu, a discovery scientists say could help pinpoint why flu viruses hit some ...

The blurred lines between conditions such as depression, anxiety and schizophrenia may finally have a genetic explanation. A new study, applying advanced genomic statistical methods to data from over ...

From dwarfism to overgrowth, scientists unravel the complex genetic blueprint that determines how tall—or short—we become. Review: The genetic basis of human height. Image Credit: XiXinXing / ...

Connecticut chief medical examiner H. Wayne Carver II recently declared that an autopsy found nothing unusual about the brain of Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old Newtown, Conn., gunman who last month ...