Regulatory genes -- genes that control how other genes are used -- are responsible for 69% of the heritability of dairy cattle traits such as milk production and fertility, according to a new study.

TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech ...

Listen to ASCO’s Journal of Clinical Oncology essay, “The Heritability of Cancer” by Dr. Leeat Granek, Associate Professor at York University in Toronto, Canada. The essay is followed by an interview ...

For common sports injuries, it has long been thought that external factors played the central role in the type and severity of the damage. But now, a new study from investigators at Lund University in ...

Around 50% of a person's lifespan is determined by genetics, a new study suggests, more than doubling previous estimates of the heritability of longevity. The new research, published Jan. 29 in the ...

An analysis of twin cohort data suggests that human life span is far more heritable than previously believed. The findings of the analysis show that once deaths from external factors, such as ...

When acne debuts as acne fulminans — acne that manifests as an explosive worsening and ulceration of skin lesions and can be associated with systemic symptoms — heritability is a likely culprit. Dawn ...

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.71. For researchers studying aging — and thinking about how to extend our ...