Genetics

The effectiveness and safety of gene editing is still unknown.

The startup can now market direct-to-consumer genetic tests that include carrier status, wellness trait and ancestry reports.

We pass down more than just height and eye color. Science has shown that we can pass down our environmental experiences through DNA.

The Silicon Valley startup just raised $15 million in funding from PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, Yahoo's Jerry Yang and other high-profile investors.

The company just announced a lucrative deal with the biotech firm Genetech, and says many similar deals are in the works.

The average life expectancy for babies born in 2012 -- the latest year researched by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- is a record-setting 78.8 years. Can Google eventually help double that number?

Big data, meet genetic data. Baseline Study, a Google X project, will collect genetic information from volunteers in order to refine the detection and prevention of diseases.

Procrastination may be hereditary, but that doesn't get you off the hook: It's still possible to develop better habits and change your behavior.

Entrepreneurs approach decision-making differently. But is that nature or nurture?

Craig Venter, best known for being one of the first people to sequence the human genome, launched a new company Tuesday that will focus on how we can live longer and healthier lives.