The inclusion of two biologically male fighters into the Olympic female boxing category has sent shockwaves through the world of sports and sparked many questions regarding the athletes’ rare genetic ...

An expert in the field revealed how genetic testing works, what it means and what steps to take if your family history points to an elevated risk of cancer. Genetic testing, as the name suggests, ...

Dr. Dana Zakalik, corporate director of Corewell Health’s Nancy and James Grosfeld Cancer Genetics Center in southeast Michigan, shared information about the role of genetics in cancer detection and ...

Cleidocranial dysplasia is a rare genetic condition affecting bone and teeth development. Stranger Things actor Gaten ...

I’ve always been tempted to do a genetic test to check in on my heart. I’m in pretty good health, but I have a few close relatives who’ve had heart attacks, strokes, and cancer, so I know my genes ...

Kian Sadeghi, the 25-year-old founder and CEO at Nucleus Genomics, tells "CBS Mornings" that parents have every right to ...

Prince Frederik of Luxembourg died from a genetic disease called PolG, but experts hope his passing could bring more awareness to the rare condition that impacted his life. Prince Frederik, 22, died ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their epigenetics—meticulously placed chemical tags that influence which genes are expressed in ...

Last month, Chenedy Wiles finally got around to it. The 27-year-old traveling nurse spit into a tube and mailed it to 23andMe, where the genetic testing company’s lab examined her DNA and generated a ...

Colin Farrell says his personal life has inspired him to launch a new foundation aimed at helping people with intellectual disabilities. The actor, 48, recently launched the Colin Farrell Foundation, ...