Yesterday, actress Angelina Jolie came forward with a confession that startled many people: earlier this year, she had chosen to undergo a double mastectomy to remove her breasts, and is planning on having another surgery to remove her ovaries.
Congenital heart disease is one of the most common abnormalities in babies, affecting nearly 1 percent of all newborns.
The school has a strict “long hair rule” forbidding boys from having long hair.
The study has caused an outcry among many members of the scientific community, many of whom call the work dangerous and irresponsible.
Anyone who practices yoga knows that it is good for you – and may even constantly tell their friends so.
Iceland has created an incest app that will inform people of their genetic ties in order to prevent accidental incest.
Despite the fact that a solid 10 percent of people are left-handed, researchers have no idea how they exist.
Will you survive chemotherapy? A new study suggests that it all depends on your genes.
Leukemia is one of the most common types of cancer in children.
Reports suggest that as many as 16 people have been infected and six people have died.
Researchers know that dementia is set to become an even greater public health concern than it is now.
Researchers analyzed genetic differences between mouse and human immune systems in order to understand why certain experiments work in mice but not humans and vice versa.
Stanford University researchers announced this week that they've created genetic receptors that can act as a sort of "biological computer," a major step forward in the emerging field of synthetic biology.
Researchers found that children with two high-risk alleles and constant wheezing had a 90 percent chance of developing asthma by the age of six.
Researchers have for the first time mapped out the enzyme known as the "fountain of youth".