Humans are still evolving, and Tatum Simonson, PhD, founder and co-director of the Center for Physiological Genomics of Low Oxygen at University of California School of Medicine, plans to use ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The common genetic variation linked to dyslexia may also help explain why some people without the learning difficulty are not good readers, researchers said on Wednesday. The ...

As many as 1 in 5 pregnancies end in miscarriage. In 2% of these cases the women concerned suffer three or more consecutive miscarriages, many of them having no explanation. In August Human ...

A study suggests psychiatric disorders can share the same genetic signatures and that they may stem from shared biological ...

Infertility affects around 48 million couples worldwide and can have various causes. In mammals, including humans, eggs are produced in the ovary. When this process goes wrong, it can lead to female ...

A new study has provided new insights into the the genetic overlap among some psychiatric disorders, and can help explain why ...

Currently, there are several hypotheses surrounding the disappearance of Neanderthals. While they all have at least some scientific support, researchers can't agree on which—or which combination—is ...

Asperger’s, now referred to as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), involves a complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors. Asperger’s was once considered a distinct condition but is no longer ...

A NEW genetic information to guide captive breeding and future releases of Philippine eagles has been discovered in the first mitochondrial genome study of these endangered raptors. Scientists from ...