Genetics

Scientist and medical technology entrepreneur J. Craig Venter published the first bacterial genome ever decoded in 1995. The result heralded a new age of discovery for genetics

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can have the same genetic cause, a discovery that won two neurogeneticists a portion of the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

The weight you lose and the nausea you experience from GLP-1 drugs may be linked to common gene variants, but they can’t fully explain why some people lose more weight than others

Scientists have discovered a potential path out of devastating genetic bottlenecks that could help these Australian animals, as well as many other vulnerable and endangered species

Researchers sequenced the genomes of tumors from almost 500 domestic cats and found remarkable parallels with human and dog cancers

A new analysis suggests that genes play a much larger role in human longevity than previously believed. But lifestyle factors still matter

Researchers are using cutting‑edge DNA techniques to hunt for genetic evidence in centuries‑old artworks in an effort to better understand the genius of Leonardo da Vinci

Treponema pallidum, a microorganism that can cause a deadly sexually transmitted disease in humans, may have a far more ancient lineage than scientists once thought

Scientists are just beginning to understand the signals that determine the length of dogs’ ears

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the long-extinct woolly rhinoceros from remains found in the stomach of a naturally mummified Pleistocene wolf pup

Scientists have uncovered genetic evidence that they say may be linked to the Renaissance master, but some experts are more skeptical

Two new studies dig into the long, curving path that cats took toward domestication