Twin studies can help geneticists determine whether some trait or condition is caused by the environment, or by genetics. Since identical twins carry basically the same genome, if a trait is due to ...

U.S. Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has expressed views on the causes of autism that clash with scientific evidence. With statements like "genes don't cause an epidemic," he emphasizes ...

If something similar occurs in humans, and given growing evidence that the gut microbiome matters for health, genetic influence on human health may be underestimated in large studies; genes may affect ...

Environmental factors such as lifestyle and the medications you take influence the effects your genes have on your body — and can clarify how diseases develop. When you purchase through links on our ...

Environmental factors significantly influence the development of allergic diseases, overshadowing genetic predisposition. Identical twins showed higher incidences of atopic dermatitis, rhinitis, and ...

Most clinicians still underestimate the degree to which genetic factors shape personality traits and personality development. This is not controversial within behavioral genetics, but it remains ...

Scientists studying thousands of rats discovered that gut bacteria are shaped by both personal genetics and the genetics of ...

Methane isn’t just an environmental buzzword—it is energy lost. Every puff of gas from a cow’s rumen represents feed energy ...

In laboratory models, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center discovered that a mother's circadian ...

Are we born or made this way? Short answer: It's both. Reviewed by David Susman, PhD Are we born with our personality characteristics, or do we become who we are because of the world around us? The ...