How often have you pondered your dad’s diabetes or the heart disease that runs in the family and thought, “Am I going to get that? Is it inevitable?” With all we’ve learned about genetics, it seems reasonable to think that some of our health outcomes will be determined by those invisible forces buried deep in…

Imagine a future where children and their grandparents are playing together, telling stories, going to the park, riding bikes, learning, and teaching together, a contrast to a common dystopian view of the elderly napping, looking frail, losing their sight and hearing, and getting sick. We are faced with multitudes of factors limiting our quality of…

A genetic variation present in 2 to 3% of Greenland’s population makes them metabolize sugar differently and offers health benefits. According to a new study, gut bacteria and a unique diet that has nourished Greenlanders for millennia have provided them with a genetic variation that offers an incredible advantage. Two copies of a gene variant…