A recent study analyzing genetic data from nearly one million people has shed light on why men are generally taller than women. Researchers...

Heliospect Genomics, a U.S. startup, offers wealthy couples embryo screening for IQ and other traits, costing up to $50,000. This service r...

Increasingly, scientists are collecting large amounts of data to be kept in biobanks - repositories that store genetic data and other biosp...

EctoLife, the brainchild of Hashem Al-Ghaili, will help infertile parents conceive babies and become true biological parents.

This Father’s Day, let's raise a toast to the legacy of Y chromosome since time immemorial.

The good news (bad for feminists) is that the PLOS study is not quite right. It has certainly strayed from telling the whole truth about th...

The relationship between height and dementia existed when brothers with different heights were monitored.

Varicose veins are swollen, twisted veins under the surface of the skin, usually in the legs.

Poor sleep patterns accompanied by low levels of physical activity intensify the effects of genetic risk for obesity.

New York, July 4 (IANS) A genetic change associated with shorter stature and increased risk of arthritis might have helped our ancestors su...

The findings emerge from a massive study of human height measurements involving 1,470 earlier studies covering over 18.6 mn participants in...

A lot of researchers are thinking about how to genetically engineer crops and food animals to help them withstand post-climate change heat.

A new study that found a strong correlation between genes that result in greater height and those that reduce body mass index.

Marriages between first cousins is not unknown. To prevent the many genetic disorders such unions can cause, counseling is essential.

Money has been growing on trees for the Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB) in Coimbatore.

How tall you are is strongly related to the genes you inherit and in the largest genetic study of height-related genes to date, scientists ...

Researchers examined data on DNA from more than 250,000 people to identify a fifth of genetic factors that cause height to vary between ind...