The White House’s autism announcement exaggerates links to Tylenol, misleads on vaccines and sets back the field by ignoring decades of research, scientists say.

The science community has pushed back at the latest claims that acetaminophen (aka paracetamol) is a key factor in the ...

Researchers uncovered 53 genetic loci linked to quantitative ability, distinguishing it from general intelligence and ...

For decades, researchers have looked for links. Most believe the disorder springs from a complex interplay of genetics and ...

Science has shown autism is mostly rooted in genetics, with discovery of several hundred genes that play a role. Those genes ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

How did digits evolve? While it is clear that they derive from genetic programs already present in fish, their precise origin ...

When people ask "is cancer a genetic disease?" they are often thinking about family history: if my parent had cancer, will I?

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary ...

Clinicians' ability to diagnose and treat chronic diseases is limited by scientific uncertainty around factors contributing to disease risk. A study published September 2 in the journal PLOS Biology ...

Olympic champion Imane Khelif has filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against World Boxing’s decision to prevent her from participating in the governing body’s competitions ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 26 (UPI) --New artificial intelligence models can yield much more nuanced and detailed assessments of genetic risks for 10 inherited diseases, researchers reported Thursday. This ...