Although the last decade has seen many important advances in understanding genetic susceptibility to breast cancer, there remains much to learn. Unanswered questions include the number and nature ...

Hundreds of people with Jewish ancestry found to have increased cancer risk - It comes after the NHS rolled out new screening ...

A new study found that fewer African and Asian patients had clinically actionable alterations for lung, breast, and colorectal cancer.

People of Ashkenazi Jewish descent have a higher chance of inheriting this condition. Niemann-Pick Type B Type B is considered to be a milder form of Niemann-Pick disease than type A. It is caused by ...

While external conditions can trigger the illness, the genetic predisposition must be there. In Israel, where Jews marry mostly Jews, genetic conditions are likely to be expressed more consistently.

American filmmaker, actor, comedian, and composer Mel Brooks, UK, 16th February 1984. (Photo by Larry Ellis/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ...

“Here I am in my 80s and it’s a whole new chapter.” Jennifer Mendelsohn and Adina Newman, specialists in Ashkenazi Jewish genealogy, pieced together Diskin’s past. In this case, they used ...

They are culturally arabized Jews/Israelites ... in Samaria specifically on Mount Gerizim. The Samaritan genetic profile looks very similar to the ancient Israelite samples.

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, or Chanukah -- the Festival of Lights -- is underway. It began at sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25 and will continue into the beginning of 2025. On eight consecutive ...

“[T]he food was better — and [you can eat] rice on Pesach,” he said, referring to the Sephardi custom of eating rice and other legumes from which Ashkenazic ... similar project about his ...