In a study published in Neuron, a research team at the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, aimed to ...

Our brains evolved for complex thought and language - but the same genes that made us smarter may have increased mental illness risk.

A new study has identified a mutation in the TREM2 gene that disrupts the brain’s ability to clear toxic amyloid plaques, ...

A Nature study shows sperm from older fathers carry more disease-linked mutations, revealing how age and cell competition ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have discovered more than 100 new human viruses in 252 different gut microbes, ...

How fast does the human genome change? Scientists have attempted to answer this question by studying mutation rates over several generations, and they found that some parts of the human genome tend to ...

Researchers have refined a powerful DNA sequencing tool that can uncover hidden mutations that occur naturally in our bodies ...

By profiling brains from healthy people aged one to 104, researchers found that mutations accumulate in some genes more than ...

The age of the father plays a role in pregnancy outcomes, with harmful genetic changes in sperm being substantially more ...

As more people start to opt for genetic carrier testing ahead of conception, doctors and parents-to-be are facing difficult ...

Researchers have identified nine mutations in a bird flu strain from a person in Texas. Bad news: this strain is more capable of causing disease and replicates better in the brain. Good news: approved ...