Researchers have discovered genes linked to obesity in both Labradors and humans. They say the effects can be over-ridden with a strict diet and exercise regime. Researchers studying British ...

We led a study to find out how genes have such a significant influence on why humans (and dogs) become overweight. It was their reputation for greediness that led us to focus on labrador retrievers.

By Gina Kolata Researchers have corrected a disease-causing gene mutation with a single infusion carrying a treatment that precisely targeted the errant gene. This was the first time a mutated ...

Labradors and humans share multiple genes associated with obesity, researchers have found. Scientists at the University of Cambridge found the gene most strongly linked with obesity in Labradors ...

Transposons, or 'jumping genes' -- DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another -- are key to bacterial evolution and the development of antibiotic resistance. Researchers ...

Gene was suffering from severe heart disease and advanced Alzheimer's disease, while Betsy suffered from hantavirus, which is spread through rodent droppings Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa ...

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy's causes of death have been revealed, almost two weeks after they were found dead. Dr Heather Jarrell, chief medical examiner for New Mexico, told a press ...

The investigation into the deaths of legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa has entered its second week. According to a search warrant affidavit, authorities found the actor in a ...

The investigation into the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa continued Thursday, over a week after their bodies were discovered at a New Mexico estate shared by the couple.

The Oscar-winning actor appears to have died a week after his wife Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Gene Hackman had "advanced" Alzheimer's disease and may not have known that his ...