A secret 15-year effort has produced genetic evidence that one of the nation’s Founders fathered children with a woman he enslaved.

Blood clots can save a life when they stop bleeding after an injury. But when a clot forms inside a blood vessel without a good reason, it can block normal blood flow and become dangerous. A new study ...

Although asthma is the most common chronic condition in childhood, current tests can only diagnose it from the age of five.

A study reveals that your genes may make you more vulnerable to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from certain types of ...

People often report feeling more comfortable using genetic screening to avoid medical conditions than to select for ...

A massive genetic analysis of over a million people has identified hundreds of specific DNA variations tied to human ...