Genome sequencing has been used to determine how much genes influence human characteristics including height and weight, and ...

When I was a lad in medicine, the great debate was over "Nature vs. Nurture." We were taught the prevailing wisdom that there were aspects of our lives that were determined by our genetic code and ...

Are we born or made this way? Short answer: It's both. Reviewed by David Susman, PhD Are we born with our personality ...

Genome sequencing has been used to determine how much genes influence human characteristics including height and weight, and susceptibility to diseases like Type 2 diabetes, in a study co-led by ...

Genome sequencing has been used to determine how much genes influence human characteristics including height and weight, and susceptibility to ...

Nurture is more influential than nature when it comes to number of major diseases and premature death, according to a new study. Environmental factors are almost 10 times more important than genetic ...

A mother’s genetics may play a bigger role in determining whether a child becomes overweight than a father’s, as a result of a concept known as genetic nurture, finds a new study led by UCL ...

The longstanding debate over whether human capabilities and skills are shaped more by “nature” or “nurture” has been revitalized by recent advances in genetics, particularly in the use of polygenic ...

In theory, precision medicine is a relatively straightforward concept. Clinicians use advanced techniques like genomic sequencing to identify disease-related biomarkers and develop a personalized ...

This post is a review of The Social Genome: The New Science Of Nature and Nurture. By Dalton Conley. W.W. Norton & Company. 292 pp. $29.99. A breakthrough in socio-genomics, the polygenic index (PGI) ...

The question of whether human behavior is driven by innate biological forces or the product of our learning and environment has been a popular discussion at cocktail parties and scientific conferences ...