Human skin, hair, and eyes come in a huge variety of colors, but until now, scientists have only known a fraction of the genetic diversity driving this variation. Now, new research finds many dozens ...

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I figured I would just note this, another skin color study: ...We previously reported significant associations of two coding region polymorphisms with hair, skin, and eye color in Caucasians. Here we ...

Since its introduction more than ten years ago, CRISPR technology has been used in a remarkable range of applications from biomedicine to food production. Now, a team of scientists from Stanford ...

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have discovered key insights into the molecular basis of skin color variations among African populations. Their findings, published in Nature Genetics, ...

As a new analysis highlights the impact of skin tone on drug safety and efficacy, experts outline what can be done to make medical research more inclusive. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

To the Editor: Summertime is a good time to talk about human hair and skin. They are the corresponding body parts that contributed to the evolutionary appearance of modern humans. Most of the ...

The Science Guy wants you to understand the relationship between skin tone and ultraviolet rays — and to start "treating each other fairly." Everything you need to know about Vitamin C serum, from how ...

Sarah Tishkoff Of the University of Pennsylvania led a collaborative team of researchers who have discovered key insights into the molecular basis of skin color differences among Africans. “There’s so ...