By looking at data on when boys’ voices first broke, researchers at the University of Cambridge have completed a first-of-its-kind genetic study and found that for both boys and girls puberty is influenced by many of the same genetic variants.

Geneticists from all over the world have converged in San Diego this week as part of the American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting. A team of scientists from 23andMe...

Recent genetic discoveries have taught researchers a lot about type 2 diabetes, and identified particular genetic variants that can influence a person’s risk of developing the condition. But two studies...

A potassium channel/David S. Goodsell,The Scripps Research InstituteIon channels are pore-forming proteins that poke through cell membranes to control the movement of ions like calcium, potassium, and chloride in and...