A groundbreaking study suggests that our genes may play a much larger role in our expiration date than we ever imagined.

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Scientists have uncovered a surprising genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones—from fish and frogs to ...

The headline figure of lifespan being around “50% heritable” risks being misunderstood as meaning genes determine half of a ...

Flinders University researchers have discovered a rare genetic mutation that could explain why some people do not respond to ...

Genetic ancestry plays a key role in determining the behavior of head and neck tumors and may help explain why African-American patients survive for half as long as their counterparts of European ...

The COVID-19 pandemic gave us tremendous perspective on how wildly symptoms and outcomes can vary between patients ...

Researchers have shown that harmful bonds between protein and DNA fuel immune attack in progeria. Pumping up a protein that cuts these bonds could prevent symptoms.

A reanalysis of twin data from Denmark and Sweden suggests that how long we live now depends roughly equally on the genes we ...

Scientists have long believed that longevity is shaped by lifestyle choices; however, a new study reveals that genes may play a larger role in determining how long people live.

Google unveiled an artificial intelligence tool Wednesday that its scientists said would help unravel the mysteries of the human genome—and could one day lead to new treatments for diseases.