Discover how cystic fibrosis genetics affect inheritance patterns and symptom. Learn about CFTR mutations, testing options, ...

The researchers compared thousands of genomes collected from people of known European, African or East Asian descent, looking ...

The pharmaceutical industry has long operated on a one-size-fits-all model, developing drugs primarily tested on, and thus best suited for, people of European descent. This approach ignores ...

The finding, published in August in The Lancet Neurology, suggests that Parkinson's may work differently in people of African, rather than European, descent. It could eventually help scientists ...

Until the 1990s, White South Africans of European descent ruled South Africa ... The U.S. refugee program is designed to offer a safe haven to people abroad fleeing persecution based on their ...

The Neanderthal gene variant linked to teeth was only found in people of European descent, researchers said. Carriers of the variant have thinner incisors, the eight teeth at the front of the ...

It’s also more common among certain ethnic groups, such as people of Asian or European descent. Experts have identified over 30 genes linked to the risk of getting AMD. If many people have a ...

(Kim Hairston/Staff) But there’s a major weakness in the data available to study genetic disorders: Even though people of European descent make up less than 16% of the world’s population ...

European governments must acknowledge and take responsibility for the enduring consequences of their colonial pasts, which continue to affect people of African descent both in Africa and throughout ...

Prior research has shown that many people of European descent carry genes that allow them to easily digest the sugars (lactose) present in milk, in sharp contrast to people of East Asian descent ...