The Blood Pressure Mystery
A patient's low blood pressure tipped his doctors off to a potentially fatal condition. 04.16.2008
99. Who Shrunk the Dogs Down
01.15.2008
9. The Genome Turns Personal
With individual sequencing, medicine may soon be custom-tailored to your own DNA. 12.12.2007
Scientist of the Year Notable: Elizabeth Blackburn
Her genetic explorations could lead to revolutionary treatments for cancer. 12.06.2007
Small Genetic Differences, Huge Health Problems
Genomics takes the first step toward curing the toughest diseases. 10.03.2007
The Goldilocks Method for Curing Autism
Combining two bad mutant genes produces neurons that're just right. 08.23.2007
Health FAQs: Diet and Genetics
If protein, fat, and carbs are bad, what do you eat? 06.06.2007
The Real Story on Gay Genes
Homing in on the science of homosexuality—and sexuality itself 06.05.2007
Ironman 2.0
Biologists enhance endurance with genetically altered muscles. 05.30.2007
Inside the Lab-Mouse Factory
Inbred oddballs help decode everything from cancer to obesity. 05.22.2007
Eyes May Really Be the Window to the Soul
Squiggles of color could indicate a tender heart 05.17.2007
Is There a Genetic Basis to Race After All?
It may not be a question of which genes, but how they behave. 05.07.2007
How to Grow a New Limb
Starfish can grow new arms. Why can't we? 04.24.2007
Autism: It’s Not Just in the Head
New treatments for a disease that may affect the whole body 03.22.2007
Eye Color Explained
Everything you know is wrong. 03.13.2007
Killer Fat
Not all fats are equal. 02.28.2007
How Good Genes Go Bad
More ways to mess up your kids. 12.11.2006
Osteoporosis and Bears
Bears may hold the secret to keeping our bones healthy. 06.20.2006
Fat Belly Genes
Blame your genes when you can't fit your jeans. 06.13.2006
Fat Gene Found
Frustrated dieters finally have hard evidence. 04.24.2006
A Doctor's Best Friend
03.03.2006
Vital Signs: Why Is Her Vision Hazy?
The warning signs become more ominous as a patient's symptoms come and go 02.20.2006
When Women Go Bald
A scientist's painful battle with balding drives her to find the genetic basis for hair loss 02.20.2006
Who Gets the Flu?
Genetics increases susceptibility. 01.31.2006
The Covert Plague
Insulin resistance could bring down our health system, but it's easily preventable. 12.01.2005
Secrets of Redheads
Secrets of Redheads 11.22.2005
Vital Signs
A young man's surprising collapse has a complex cause. 10.24.2005
Genomics
Researchers focus on differences between groups to find bad DNA 10.24.2005
Autism Gene Located
08.06.2005
Native America's Alleles
Arizona's Pima Indians have the world's highest rate of diabetes, and the rest of the world is catching up fast. Can geneticists figure out why? 05.01.2005
Finland's Fascinating Genes
The people in this land of lakes and forests are so alike that scientists can filter out the genes that contribute to heart disease, diabetes, and asthma 04.28.2005
84: Secret of Superboy's Strength Revealed
01.03.2005
39: Cell Mutations Spark Aging
Aging may begin in the mitochondria—the powerplants of the cells 01.02.2005
We're Not So Alike After All
11.25.2004
Cancer's Master Genes
11.25.2004
The All-You-Can-Eat Gene
10.01.2004
Ginger's Gene
A genetic alteration causes premature aging. 10.01.2004
Granny Guards the Genes
04.15.2004
Short Circuit to Sobriety
03.28.2004
Asthma and the Curse of Cleanliness
01.02.2004
A Look Inside The Cell's Master Switch
09.01.2003
Remember When . . . um . . .?
07.01.2003
Testing Your Future
Every state in the country requires that infants be tested for a list of obscure diseases. Before long, some states could move on to DNA testing of all newborns. Now is the time to decide a critical question: How much do we want to know and when do we want to know it? 07.01.2003
The Gene of All Fears
12.01.2002
Why Science Must Adapt to Women
An elite survivor assesses the hidden costs of exclusion 11.01.2002
Bad Genes, Good Drugs
Wondering what happened to all that knowledge we got from mapping the human genome? It launched a new race to identify the genes that give us diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes, and Alzheimer's. The winner gets to make remarkable new medicines 04.01.2002
The Biology of . . . Panic
The clue to understanding anxiety may be written in your genes 04.01.2002
Vital Signs
Uncovering a rare but age-old disease of pain and madness 04.01.2002
Body, Cure Thyself
The huge promise of genetic medicine is to cure the diseases we were born to inherit. Researchers seem so very close to a breakthrough, yet not one single experiment has worked—yet 03.01.2002
Reading the Language of our Ancestors
Getting up to speed on medical genetics through the vision of Victor McKusick 02.01.2002
Health is More than Skin Deep
02.01.2002
The Genetic Secrets of Aging
12.01.2001
A Sunscreen for Our Delicate Genes
03.01.2001
Long Live the Clones
01.01.2001
Warning Drips
01.01.2001
The Year of the Genome
The End of a Great Mystery—The Real Beginning of Biology 01.01.2001
Fat Genes
He's already proved you wrong. 05.01.2000
Vital Signs
Mr. Chang can't move his legs, and if something isn't done, his lungs will go next 12.01.1999
The Opposite of Pain
11.01.1999
The Genes of 1998
Another year brings us many, many genes closer to understanding the human genetic endowment. Here are a notable few: 01.01.1999
Tempting Fates
If you could dictate the content of your kid's genes, wouldn't you? Shouldn't you? 05.01.1998
The Year in Science: Genetics 1997
The Genes of 1997 01.01.1998
The River of Life
11.01.1997
Portrait of a Gene Guy
When it comes to questions of human behavior, Dean Hamer, big-gene hunter, is sure he's got the answers. 10.01.1997
A Gene For Nothing
One to make you happy, one to make you sad, one to make you mad--is that really the way your genes work? 10.01.1997
Immune to a Plague
A few lucky individuals won't ever contract AIDS: they're genetically immune. And the more we learn about how their genes protect them, the closer we come to protecting all of us. 06.01.1997
A Life in the Shadows
02.01.1997
The Genes of 1996
01.01.1997
An Ancient Immunity
01.01.1997
The Second Key
01.01.1997
Fast-forward Aging
11.01.1996
Beyond the Lab Rat
By examining humans at the molecular level, researchers hope to pin down cancer's true causes. 05.01.1996
The Mouse on the Left Needs Leptin
01.01.1996
Strange Genes
01.01.1996
A New Kind of Glitch
12.01.1995
Vital Signs: A Deadly Cry
12.01.1995
The Girl Who Mewed
08.01.1995
Unfortunate Drift
06.01.1995
Hidden Benefits
03.01.1995
Defending the Joints
10.01.1994
The Promise of a Cure
Cystic fibrosis may be just the opponent gene therapy has been looking for. It's inherited, it's deadly, and--most important--it's responding. 06.01.1994
Hunting Down Huntington's
From the shores of Maracaibo to the halls of Washington, Nancy Wexler has spent 25 years stalking her mother's killer. 12.01.1993
The Pain Game
11.01.1993
A Violence in the Blood
10.01.1993
The Gene That Knows Left From Right
08.01.1993
Bent Out of Shape
07.01.1993
The Gene With Two Faces
05.01.1993
The Mice Without Qualities
03.01.1993
By a Thousand Cuts
02.01.1993
Genetic Surprises
Some seriously weird things are springing out of the twisted tangle of our DNA. 12.01.1992
Playing God: The Making of Artificial Life
Playing God: The Making of Artificial Life 08.01.1992
The Legacy of Ivanhoe
05.01.1992
Psychadelic Cells
Fluorescent dyes shed new light on a cell's inner secrets. 03.01.1992