Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.) are a globally vital oilseed and economic crop, with China contributing over 35% of global production. Nonetheless ...

Uri Alon was long puzzled by a textbook statistic: Longevity, the thinking went, was about 20 percent in our genes. “That makes you think what’s the rest of the 80 percent: Is it the lifestyle? Why ...

Ruth J. F. Loos is in the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2200, Denmark. Read the paper: ...

Of all the millions of people who have tried weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound, nearly one in four people don’t respond to treatment. They lose little weight, or none at all, and see few ...

The Australian parliament is set to pass legislation today to ban life insurers from using genetic test results to discriminate against people applying for life insurance. Once the law comes into ...

The handlebar mustache. The colorful bow ties. The groan-worthy puns. For 41 years, Gene Shalit was appointment morning television, and on March 25, the beloved former Today show critic hit a birthday ...

Dr. Coller directs the RNA Innovation Center at Johns Hopkins University. When KJ Muldoon was born in the summer of 2024, his parents were told he had a disease so rare, it strikes about one in 1.3 ...

IOC introduces gene-screening test for female category eligibility New rules stop transgender athletes competing in female category events Exceptions for rare sex development disorders like CAIS ...

Lifestyle factors impact longevity, but so does DNA. Scientists reveal exactly how heritable lifespan is. The findings are much different than previous studies on the subject. This study is different ...