More people are turning to genetic counseling to understand their DNA and assess their risk for certain diseases. As part of ...

Gender and sex are more complicated than X and Y chromosomes. I Like That One/Digital Vision via Getty Images Gender reveal parties are best known as celebrations involving pink and blue, cake and ...

For couples struggling with infertility, a genetic diagnosis can reduce years of repeated and inconclusive testing, guide ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and genetic testing proved to be lifesaving for the women featured in this story. Jodi Lavery discovered she had a BRCA-2 gene mutation, ...

A genetic test may one day predict a child’s risk of obesity in adulthood, paving the way for early interventions. Certain genetic variants can affect how a person’s body stores fat or make them more ...

Link found between super-agers, or people with exceptional longevity, to inherited DNA from Ice Age hunter-gatherer ...

Professor Idit Maya, a senior physician and manager of the Nephrogenetic Clinic and Genomic School for Physicians at Rabin ...