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The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

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The study focused on inherited retinal degenerations (IRDs), a group of genetic diseases that lead to progressive vision loss ...

A new study challenges what's long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause inherited blindness.

The medical examiner's office investigates approximately 40,000 deaths per year in New York City. Its molecular genetics laboratory, founded by Dr. Yingying Tang in 2003, is the only one of its kind ...

We unpack the complicated subject of dog breeding genetics and explore arguments against very selective breeding practices.

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