We think you're near Los Angeles

Kansas City Genetics

If it's genetic, there's nothing I can do about it, right?

  • Nurture nature and notions.
  • July 15, 2011
Is my influence as a mom really helping, or are genes set in stone? As moms, we often ask ourselves questions like this, but there's good news....
Read more

Choose the Sex of Your Baby

  • Choose the Sex of Your Baby
  • October 12, 2010
Remember the old days when you were told toeat bananas beforegetting pregnantif you wanted a boy and sweets for a girl? It was kind of a silly yet...
Read more

Screening for genetic abnormalities in the first trimester

Today's, expectant mother is offered a number of screening tests throughout pregnancyto addressher health and that of thebaby. This screening...
Read more

The Language of God: a travelers guide to exploring faith and science together

Dr. Francis Collins, head of the Human Genome Project and one of the world's leading scientists, has much to offer in the area of reconciling...
Read more

Is science a roadblock to faith?

The news is frequently filled with accounts of Christians protesting current scientific information regarding how the universe began and how the...
Read more

Could genetics make you more addicted? Are you pre-disposition for addiction?

Genes might play a direct role in the development of alcoholism and drug abuse, by affecting the body's metabolism of drugs; or they might play...
Read more

First genetic evidence of prehistoric gene flow between Africa and Europe

Dr. Antonio Salas of the University of Santiago de Compostela led an international group of researchers in discovering the first irrefutable...
Read more

Mother of all horses found

Geneticists, paleontologists, and archeologists reported the discovery of the mare that produced all the modern known horse breeds in an article at...
Read more

Is “Little Man Syndrome” genetic?

New research published in the December issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics is the first to find a genetic reason for short stature.An...
Read more

First dogs came from East Asia

  • Dogs
  • November 23, 2011
New genetic research published in the journal Heredity on November 23, 2011, conclusively points to Asia south of Yangtze River as the first area...
Read more