Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a work trip to Kenya nearly three decades ago, Cecelia Gore was bombarded with questions about her African ethnicity. Her tall, ...

A new genetic study has uncovered a remarkable piece of Colonial American history buried quite literally beneath a 17th ...

BALTIMORE, Md. (May 20, 2024) – Scientists seeking to counter the neglect of African Americans in neuroscience research have found evidence that genetic ancestry is responsible for the increased ...

Scientists are setting out to collect genetic material from 500,000 people of African ancestry to create what they believe will be the world's largest database of genomic information from the ...

Investigators evaluated polygenic risk score (PRS) models as a risk stratification tool in Black women with an enriched family history for overall breast cancer and triple-negative breast cancer.

African Ancestry's co-founder Dr. Gina Paige speaks to BLACK ENTERPRISE about the company's holistic work to help Black people find their roots. Finding one’s roots can be a challenge, especially when ...

An international team of researchers has found a genetic variant that may explain why some people of African ancestry have naturally lower viral loads of HIV, reducing their risk of transmitting the ...

While the incidence of breast cancer is highest for white women, Black women are more likely to have early-onset or more aggressive subtypes of breast cancer, such as triple-negative breast cancer.

Discover Vinícius Júnior's ethnicity, African ancestry, and the DNA project that traced the Brazilian star's roots.