A new computational approach can uncover gene interactions that influence complex human traits. Using large genome-trait datasets, researchers found that genetic background significantly changes how ...

A new genetic mapping strategy reveals how entire networks of genes work together to cause disease, filling in the missing ...

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change ...

Genome sequencing has been used to determine how much genes influence human characteristics including height and weight, and susceptibility to diseases like type 2 diabetes, in a study co-led by ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes. A gene is a basic unit of heredity, the means by which traits get passed from one generation to the next, and genetics is the study ...