Recent advances in genetic testing technology have transformed personal health care from general guidelines to precise, individualized recommendations. As costs decrease and accessibility improves, ...

Genetic variation is the foundation of human diversity, enabling differences in traits such as height, eye color, or blood type. Some sequence variants also cause inherited diseases, including sickle ...

Santhosh Girirajan receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. Genetic inheritance may sound straightforward: One gene causes one trait or a specific illness. When doctors use genetics, ...

Children who are born to first cousins are usually at a higher risk of developing certain genetic disorders and health complications. This happens due to the increase probability of inheriting ...