Genetics

Cruetzfeldt-Jakob disease is a severe neurodegenerative genetic condition that usually causes death within a year and is more common in Israel. Here is what you should know.

Elephants may be the only species next to humans, and possibly bonobo apes, to have domesticated themselves - this is the bold claim a recent study makes.

This ground-breaking study is the first to use a large sample size, enabling the researchers to look at adaptive evolution, not just genetic evolution.

Many people resort to diets and expensive treatments to avoid ageing, but a large component is genetic.

The results of the study revealed that a genetic mutation was found in seven of the 33 children and their families who participated.

The members of the committee said that it was not a single unfortunate mistake but a chain of errors that caused the embryos to be replaced.

Using stem cells from umbilical cord blood instead of from donors increases the potential to cure the disease through stem cell transplants in people of all racial backgrounds.

The ability to eat huge amounts of red chili peppers is due to a defective gene discovered by Jerusalem researchers in a Palestinian boy and his cousin.

The mysterious dog populations in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant are genetically distinct from the other dog populations near the nuclear disaster site in Ukraine.

An international team of scientists found that the right number of copies of a specific group of genes can stimulate longer root growth.