Jews are a genetic goldmine. No one wants to resurrect the pre-genetic notion of race in which people were ranked by characteristics. But in order to offer invaluable insights into the origins of ...

Doctors require two specific images of each breast to interpret mammograms properly. Sometimes more than four photos are necessary. (Photo courtesy of izusek/Getty Images) When Yaffa Leah Field was in ...

ATLANTA, Jan. 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- jscreen, a national non-profit public health initiative dedicated to preventing genetic diseases, announces the sixth annual Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness ...

BRCA genetic mutations, which are 10 times more common among Ashkenazi Jews than among the general U.S. population, significantly increase the risks of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer. In ...

Faculty member, Susan Liebman, Ph.D., research professor in UNRMed's Department of Pharmacology, published a new book, “The Dressmaker’s Mirror: Sudden Death, Genetics, and a Jewish Family’s Secret.” ...

Editor’s note: This essay was adapted from “The Dressmaker’s Mirror,” a new book about sudden death and Ashkenazi Jewish mutations. In Jewish communities, conversations about genetic risks often focus ...

"This book, Genetics, Mass Media and Identity, looks at the effect of genetic research on the identity of the populations studied and is the first monograph devoted to the subject. The specific ...

Participation and interest in religion are largely shaped by parents when children are young. Genetic influences on religious participation and interest emerge during adulthood. Even identical twins ...