Genetics

Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.

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Genetics triggers male black widows to blackflip into death, study finds

Finding new osteoarthritis medicines via AI and genetics - EurekAlert!

Beyond DNA: Scientists Discover Inheritance That Breaks the Rules of Genetics

Strep by strep: Houston Methodist researchers unravel genetics powering emerging infectious threat - EurekAlert!

Genetics for high pulse pressure associated with higher risk of dementia-related death - EurekAlert!

Huge study of Alzheimer’s genetics identifies new drug targets

Researchers map genetics of blood lipids with unprecedented precision - EurekAlert!

In mice, viruses gain virulence in some individuals, depending on genetics and sex - EurekAlert!

Researchers analyzed 7764 participants for a link between coronary heart disease (CHD), diet and genetics. They found that ideal adherence to a healthy plant-based diet was associated with a 20% lower CHD risk among those at low genetic risk and a 44% lower CHD risk among those at high genetic risk.

Research demonstrates that enhanced instruction in genetics can reduce racist conceptions among students

Genetics may help explain why results from weight-loss jabs vary, say scientists

How well GLP-1 weight loss drugs work may depend on your genetics

The Genetics of Living Longer: Study Challenges Decades of Aging Research

From genetics to AI: Integrated approaches to decoding human language in the brain - EurekAlert!

Pankhuri Gupta, MS, CGC receives the 2026 Richard King Award for Best Publication by a Trainee in Genetics in Medicine - EurekAlert!

Genetics help explain who gets the ‘telltale tingle’ from music, art and literature - EurekAlert!

How age, sex and genetics shape our antibodies - EurekAlert!

Genetics may determine 50% of human lifespan, double previous estimates. By using a new mathematical formula to filter out "extrinsic mortality" like accidents and infections, researchers revealed a strong genetic signal previously hidden by noise in historical data.

Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders: The authors identified and characterized five underlying genomic factors that explained the majority of the genetic variance of the individual disorders (around 66% on average) and were associated with 238 pleiotropic loci. Genetics

MD Anderson and SOPHiA GENETICS announce strategic collaboration to accelerate AI-driven precision oncology - EurekAlert!