For the first time, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers have studied how work, volunteering and leisure activities affect brain health in older adults from diverse backgrounds, while also ...

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change how we prevent disease, age, and define human potential. The same tools ...

Genetic inheritance may sound straightforward: One gene causes one trait or a specific illness. When doctors use genetics, it’s usually to try to identify a disease-causing gene to help guide ...

The benefits of exercise and its positive influence on physical and mental health are well documented, but a new Yale and VA Connecticut study sheds light on the role genetics plays for physical ...

When purchasing bred heifers, it is important to know their expected calving date and vaccination history. Improving cattle herd genetics is a long-term effort. Randie Culbertson, Extension cow-calf ...

Methane isn’t just an environmental buzzword—it is energy lost. Every puff of gas from a cow’s rumen represents feed energy that could have gone toward growth, milk or a calf. That simple truth is ...

Scientists are discovering that our tendency to develop certain phobias might be written in our DNA before we even encounter the things that terrify us. Evidence from twin studies suggests that ...

Recently, the area of genetics has greatly transformed public comprehension of health and disease. Through the process of deciphering the genetic code, scientists have discovered vital data that ...