Do you have blue eyes? We talked to experts to discover curious facts about baby blues, including whether your biological family is bigger than you ever imagined.

Eye contact helps build trust and communication whether in business, friendships or romantic pursuits. Its importance in human socialization means that we're more likely to take note of eye color and ...

who have a 50% chance of inheriting a gene mutation. Unfortunately, insurance often denies coverage for genetic testing even when people fit the criteria, which can cause physicians to miss a MODY ...

In this week's edition of Indy Eye, managing editor Michelle Pini chats with Jordan van den Lamb, AKA Purple Pingers, along with campaign manager and fellow social activist Roz Ward. Jordan has become ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) — Scientists have characterized the role of thousands of mutations in the BRCA2 cancer gene, findings that may help reassure worried patients about their cancer risk or guide doctors ...

SINGAPORE – Inherited retinal diseases (IRD) are not as rare here as previously thought, a research programme at the Singapore National Eye Centre ... there are many gene mutations that could ...

But their worry is that if bird flu finds the right combination of genetic mutations, the outbreak could quickly escalate. “I’m still not pack-my-bags-and-head-to-the-hills worried ...

It is usually bilateral, involving both eyes. Everybody’s eyes contain ... This was used to correct the mutation in the ABCA4 gene that causes the disease. ‘ Their study, ‘High-efficiency ...

In a family of 15 people in northern Italy, six developed late-onset Alzheimer’s disease – and when researchers ran genetic tests, all six had a rare mutation in a protein-coding gene known as ...

New findings from researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have clarified the interplay between two major molecular contributors to aging: genetic mutations and ...

Their findings, published in Nature Aging, describe a never-before-seen link between the two most accepted explanations: random genetic mutations and predictable epigenetic modifications.

Photographs taken of the retina at the back of the eye can give an indication of brain health, and by using AI software to analyse the information, scientists may be able to spot signs of disease ...