The human body relies on precise genetic instructions to function, and cancer begins when these instructions get scrambled.

Whitney Maxwell, MS, CGC, stands at the helm of the Inherited Cancer Research Shared Resource at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, overseeing a dynamic team of genetic counselors, ...

For many conditions including immune-related ones, genetics often explains only a small fraction of the differences between ...

Scientists at UC Davis discovered a small genetic difference that could explain why humans are more prone to certain cancers than our primate cousins. The change affects a protein used by immune cells ...

Credible press are invited to join the American Society of Human Genetics in Boston for the ASHG 2025 Annual Meeting.

Small cell lung cancer, or SCLC, is aggressive, lethal and particularly cruel because chemotherapy initially works so well. But within just a few months, SCLC becomes resistant to drugs and dashes ...

Sidney Raz, known for his popular 'Life Hacks' series, learned he had stomach cancer despite having no symptoms Sidney Raz/TikTok Content creator Sidney Raz, known for his popular "Life Hacks" series, ...

A study led by Dr. Li Chuanyun from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has revealed how recently evolved human-specific genes—critical for ...

The first fifty years of Mendelism. The introduction of Mendelism into human genetics / Milo Keynes. Galton's theory of ancestral inheritance / Michael Bulmer. The reception of Mendelism by the ...

At 4 years old, Charis Eng was captivated by her uncle’s career as a physician—an early fascination that wound up shaping her future. By age 16, she had already enrolled at the University of Chicago, ...