After more than 50 years of research, scientists still don't know exactly what causes autism. But the data make clear that ...

European fertility clinics used cancer-causing sperm for 17 years, prompting urgent calls for genetic screening reforms and ...

The word \"consanguineous,\" derived from Latin for \"of the same blood,\" describes individuals related by blood. This term ...

An international research team involving the German Primate Center—Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ), Hannover ...

While the sperm was not sold to UK clinics, a small number of British families used the donor's sperm while having fertility ...

In 2023, a prolific donor to a Danish sperm bank was found to carry a genetic mutation that can contribute to childhood ...

In a breakthrough study, scientists have discovered that a variant in one gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness – ...

When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

Advances in human genetics have enabled the investigation of the genetic architecture underlying numerous complex traits. Many publicly available ...

Your relationship struggles may trace back to lessons you never received from a mother who didn't have the words herself.

A new study has developed a powerful computational method that can detect how genes interact with each other to influence ...