Researchers report that eight healthy babies were born with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help mothers avoid passing rare diseases to their children ...

In addition to shortening life spans, decimating taste buds and filling lungs with black goo, vaping may also affect fetal skull development. Startling new research indicates that even without ...

It's a major win for a company that has struggled for years after being widely blamed for sparking the teen vaping trend.

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's typically efficient DNA repair machinery and potentially affecting our ...

WASHINGTON – Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop. Until recently, many fast-changing parts of the human genome remained ...

Health Troubling Case Links Vaping to Aggressive Lung Cancer A New Jersey man's unusual lung cancer may have been sparked by his decade-plus history of vaping.

The findings suggest marijuana use could be linked to changes in our DNA—a discovery that may help explain some of the drug’s long-term effects on health.

Duke University Medical Center-led research has identified a human-specific DNA enhancer that regulates neural progenitor proliferation and cortical size. Small genetic changes in HARE5 amplify a ...