When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A study of hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. finds that people's self-reported racial ...

In 2003, the Human Genome Project became the culmination of the history of genetics research, allowing us to understand the role of genetics in human health and disease. As part of The Clinical ...

“You're always going to have people who look to science to justify racism and skepticism,” said C. Brandon Ogbunu, a Yale assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. “Our job as ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will establish an ad hoc committee to conduct a study to review and assess existing methodologies, benefits, and challenges in the use of ...

How are physicians and scientists including underrepresented groups in the promise of precision medicine? Baylor College of Medicine will host a panel of experts to discuss this topic and the ...

Is it reasonable to simply ponder the “possibility,” ever so idly and hypothetically, that bad genes might explain African-American underachievement? It is a an old and many-told tale, I know, but it ...

Mistrust of medicine clouds possibility of treatment for sickle-cell. In our nation’s history, genetics and race are tragically bound together. Understanding this history is crucial to understanding ...

The human genome contains both enough variation for us all to be genetically unique individuals and little enough variation that it is clear we are all members of one human race. The free online ...

Mice had good news for men this week. Reporting on the results of a six-year study of the effects of radiation on mice, Dr. John Frederick Spalding, 44, of the University of California’s Los Alamos ...

When applying ethical principles to the role of race in genomics, autonomy supports both the providing of information to an individual and the individual’s right to remain uninformed. The ethical ...