The Food and Drug Administation is approving a generic drug for a very rare genetic disorder, but not for autism.

Wildlife populations that become small and isolated, often due to habitat loss, inevitably experience inbreeding which can lead to the loss of fitness and eventual extinction. One solution is to ...

The great slaughter of the buffalo and the near extinction of the species was not merely an ecological catastrophe; it was an almost unspeakable tragedy for the western Indian tribes, ...

The Southern Ocean—vast, boundless waters surrounding Antarctica—plays an outsized role in global climate, largely thanks to tiny drifting organisms called plankton that soak up carbon. Reporting in ...

Statistics that quantify a person’s predisposition to diseases such as diabetes and cancer can be reverse-engineered to reveal the underlying genetic data, prompting privacy concerns ...

Q: I’m taking a GLP-1 to help me control my blood sugar and lose weight. But the cost and side effects of having to do resistance exercise make it difficult ...

Taner, M.D., Ph.D., who leads Mayo Clinic's Precision Medicine in Neurodegeneration Lab, studies complex genetic interactions in Alzheimer's disease.

Learn how Mayo Clinic's Precision Medicine in Neurodegeneration Lab is studying the genetics of Alzheimer's disease in understudied populations.

A study reveals how the asexual Amazon molly defies evolutionary expectations — plus, evidence of what might be powering superluminous supernovae.

How AI‑powered “smart home” technologies could improve safety and ease caregiver burden for people with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia ...

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Fergus High’s Science Olympiad teams took part in the Science Olympiad Feb. 18-19 in Bozeman. The high school team is coached by Mike Mangold with Ben Brooks expertise in a ...