Scientists say that 55 percent of differences in human lifespan are due to genetic makeup, much more than previously believed ...

A new study of German twins suggests that the strong connection between a young adult's cognitive ability and their future ...

The COVID-19 pandemic gave us tremendous perspective on how wildly symptoms and outcomes can vary between patients experiencing the same infection. How can two people infected by the same pathogen ...

Although mental disorders have multifactorial causes, genetics can explain some of them, yet this field remains largely unexplored in terms of guiding diagnoses and treatments. In the largest study of ...