The COVID-19 pandemic gave us tremendous perspective on how wildly symptoms and outcomes can vary between patients experiencing the same infection. How can two people infected by the same pathogen ...

Called “Lamarckian Inheritance,” the theory suggests that those experiences can even be passed down to future generations.

The same pathogen can often elicit very different responses from different people. Scientists sought to understand more about what causes these individual differences. They found that both our genomes ...

Studies find genetic, epigenetic, and transgenerational effects from pesticide exposure, particularly during early life.

Innovations in medical technology, laboratory science, genetics, and healthcare access have made significant strides in recent years. The fastest-growing segment in healthcare today is the ...

Modern cells are complex chemical entities with cytoskeletons, finely regulated internal and external molecules, and genetic material that determines ...