The paper co-authored by Bicknell, recently published in Nature Reviews Genetics, highlights the many ways health and height are linked. Bicknell, an expert in rare disorders of growth ...

New York-based biotech giant Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced May 19 its plan to purchase the bankrupt genetic testing firm 23andMe in a $256 million deal that could include millions of ...

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on Monday announced it is buying 23andMe out of bankruptcy for $256 million – taking with it the company’s extensive trove of genetic samples and data. It will ...

Genetic testing company 23andMe isn’t going away, despite declaring bankruptcy. The company and nearly all of its assets, including its biobank of customer genetic samples, have been purchased ...

Scientists have recognized for some time that these residents of the Andes Mountains have evolved genetic adaptations to the thin air of their lofty home. Now researchers are learning that they ...

To address this challenge in corn and other crops, NYU researchers have developed a novel process to improve nitrogen use efficiency that integrates plant genetics with machine learning ...

Genetics is the branch of science concerned with genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms. It seeks to understand the process of trait inheritance from parents to offspring, including ...

"It's a slow-moving train wreck," Mike Graglia says about his 12-year-old son Tony's rare genetic disease with no cure. Caused by a tiny fluke of nature—a mutation in a gene known as a SYNGAP1—the non ...

When heart disease runs in your family, your cholesterol goals shift significantly. This genetic connection transforms you from an average-risk individual to someone requiring more vigilant ...

More information: Kunkun Zhao et al, Pangenome analysis reveals structural variation associated with seed size and weight traits in peanut, Nature Genetics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-025-02170-w ...

Back in the United States, Raskind is also advocating for genetic testing in videos posted to his 1.2 million Instagram followers – in between his usual content on life and fatherhood.