A healthcare technology firm was hit last week with a novel class action that accuses it of illegally mining Illinois residents' genetic testing data to train its artificial intelligence algorithms.

Scientists examined the genomes of 112 reptile species, ranging from snakes and crocodiles to chameleons, and found the reason.

A judge says the clinic has until Monday, Feb. 23, to comply and send over the requested materials. The couple is continuing to search for their biological child after the mix-up, and hopes to find ...

DNA is the blueprint of life. Genes encode proteins and serve as the body's basic components. However, building a functioning ...

DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first ...

DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first used for cold cases — is helping to solve active cases as well.

It already exists in the natural world. Now, thanks to breakthroughs in genetic engineering, scientists have created ...

A study introduces a scalable 2D human neuron platform to probe how brain-like rhythms emerge and how specific drugs reshape them, aiding epilepsy and autism research.

In humans, chronic high blood pressure forces the heart to work too hard. The muscle of the left ventricle thickens in defense, a condition called hypertrophy. Eventually, this leads to fibrosis, ...

With the exception of infectious diseases, examination of the environmental causes of illness has been piecemeal. Gary Miller, a toxicologist at Columbia University who also addressed the meeting, ...

In two new studies on 28,000 individuals, researchers can show that genetic variants in 11 regions of the human genome have a clear influence on which bacteria are in the gut and what they do there.