Is it illness — or simply normal? A GP reflects on two powerful cases that reveal why context, family history and perspective matter just as much as test results in modern medicine.

For more than a century, Mendelian genetics has shaped how we think about inheritance: one gene, one trait. It is a model that still echoes through textbooks—and one that is increasingly reaching its ...

Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) is one of the most common heritable connective tissue disorders. Early estimates have reported that this genetic disorder affects at least one in 5,000 ...

"Monogenic" diseases, triggered by mutations in just one gene, may actually be more complex than scientists thought.

The curious minds at What If discover exactly where your ancestors came from, exploring migration patterns, genetics, and humanity’s hidden history. Georgia judge issues emergency warning tied to ...

A new study of Wolbachia, an abundant intracellular bacterium that infects more than one-fifth of insects, as well as other eukaryotes, challenges our conventional view of genome evolution. Scientists ...

Hepatocellular carcinoma, the second leading cause of cancer death in China, is responsible for over 130,000 deaths every year. Until now, there have been very few screening tests for early diagnosis ...

Dolphins in Florida Bay have a clever hunting trick. They create mud rings to trap fish. This special skill spreads through dolphin groups. Males and females learn differently. This learned behavior ...

A recent study has shown that tumors can enhance their own growth by attracting sensory neurons to themselves and subjugating them to their work. By connecting to tumor cells, neurons transmit a ...

The live capture of river otters is notoriously difficult, which explains the dearth of information about the ecology of the species. Traditional traps, including leghold and cage traps, can be used ...