Scientists say that 55 percent of differences in human lifespan are due to genetic makeup, much more than previously believed ...

A major new study challenges everything we thought we knew about living longer.

Life is precious, and many of us try to do everything “right” to live longer. We eat better, move more, avoid pollutants, guard our sleep, manage stress, and take supplements. The prevailing belief is ...

A mother’s genes could play a role in determining a child’s future weight – more so than a father’s. To make the comparison, researchers used genetic and health data of 2,621 UK families in the ...

Among the many age-related eye conditions, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the most common causes of vision ...

A new study from the University of Oklahoma suggests that small genetic differences in two proteins – previously known for their role in premature infants' lungs – may also influence how their eyes ...

The same pathogen can often elicit very different responses from different people. Scientists sought to understand more about what causes these individual differences. They found that both our genomes ...

The COVID-19 pandemic gave us tremendous perspective on how wildly symptoms and outcomes can vary between patients experiencing the same infection. How can two people infected by the same pathogen ...