Stepping away from its billions-of-years-old role as a genetic blueprint, DNA is now embarking on a new journey as an active ...

A research team led by Zhen-Xing Endowed Professor Jian Yang at the School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, has ...

But how much of an effect do such changes - improving diet, getting more exercise, adding strength training to your work out ...

While lifestyle choices, including diet and activity level, play an important role in a person’s risk of obesity, genetics can also shape natural tendencies toward weight gain or loss. In fact, genes ...

Lifestyle-behavioral factors and socioeconomic status play an important role in shaping healthy aging, but their effects may ...

* Genetics & Genome Sciences participates in the Biomedical Sciences Training Program (BSTP), an umbrella program that serves, among other capacities, as a central recruiting and admissions portal for ...

“This work is really important because the X chromosome has largely been excluded from genetic studies in the past,” said Amy Roberts, a molecular epidemiologist at King’s College London who was not ...

Journey Into Life Sciences: Discover Biology, Zoology & Genetics is a taster day designed for Year 12 and 13 students interested in studying biology, zoology or medical genetics at university. Join us ...