A new analysis suggests that genes play a much larger role in human longevity than previously believed. But lifestyle factors ...

Scientists have long believed that longevity is shaped by lifestyle choices; however, a new study reveals that genes may play a larger role in determining how long people live.

Scientists have created a complete map showing how hundreds of possible mutations in a key cancer gene influence tumor growth ...

A person’s genes play a far greater role in likely lifespan than previously thought, according to a major new study published ...

A new study suggests that those with long-lived families probably have the best prospects of making it to a very old age.

The tool helps scientists understand how single-letter mutations and distant DNA regions influence gene activity, shaping ...

How big of a role do our genes play in our lifespan? Quite a bit more than previously thought, a new study suggests.

Study of over 600,000 people finds genetic differences influencing pneumonia risk across age, immunity, and smoking behaviour ...

About 55% of the human lifespan is heritable, meaning that more than half of the observed variation in longevity across a ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Many factors influence how long you live, such as diet, exercise, smoking, drinking, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic gave us tremendous perspective on how wildly symptoms and outcomes can vary between patients ...

A viral infection can trigger a neurological disease similar to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in mice with a specific ...