A new study published in Science has challenged this view, suggesting the genetic contribution might be considerably higher.

For years, the standard line in longevity research was that genes only nudged the odds of a long life while lifestyle and ...

What determines how long we live—and to what extent is our lifespan shaped by our genes? Surprisingly, for decades, scientists believed that the heritability of human lifespan was relatively low ...

A recent study published in Science challenged this trend, revising the estimate upward to about 50 percent by accounting for ...

A recent study published in Science challenged this trend, revising the estimate upward to about 50% by accounting for ...

In the ongoing effort to determine just how much of who we are is preordained by our genetic code, heritability, a statistical measurement of how much variation in a trait can be attributed to genetic ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine's Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center and Human Genome Sequencing Center investigated the extent to which forms of genetic variation called germline or ...

Researchers have long been at work trying to understand how variations in gene regulation translate into the biology of a disorder such as cancer or heart disease. Now a team led by scientists from ...

LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - As many as 30,000 different gene variations may underlie schizophrenia and bipolar disease, meaning any kind of quick test to predict either disease is a long way off, ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine’s Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center and Human Genome Sequencing Center investigated the extent to which forms of genetic variation called germline or ...