Forty years ago, a postdoctoral researcher named James McGrath who would go on to spend more than three decades as a clinical geneticist and research scientist at Yale, made a discovery that advanced ...

The blueprint of who we are begins with the genes passed down from our parents. While these inherited traits give us our eye color and height, they can also contain instructions that increase our risk ...

Finding patterns in genetic uncertainty: Clues for inborn errors of immunity by Jordan Shaked, Yale University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

From eye color to dimples, the traits that make us unique are rooted in the fascinating science of genetics. Our genes, inherited from both parents, interact in complex ways to determine our physical ...

As the 2025/2026 nursing curriculum evolves, BSN students are finding that genetics is no longer an abstract concept confined to Punnett squares. With new test banks and guides from SimpleNursing and ...

Research on Tourette’s indicates that the condition is strongly influenced by inherited genetic factors, with environmental factors also contributing to its development. Tourette syndrome is a ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health challenge that affects more than 800 million people worldwide. 1 CKD can be caused by a variety of disease processes. Many causes are difficult to ...

A new study from the NIH’s All of Us program is shaking up long-held assumptions by revealing that genetic ancestry rarely aligns with racial labels — and that the interplay between biology and ...