A new study published in Science is challenging long-held assumptions about how we measure genetic risk in endangered species ...

Learn about genetic studies of cognition risks related to Alzheimer's disease in in Mayo Clinic's Precision Medicine in Neurodegeneration Lab led by Nilufer Ertekin-Taner, M.D., Ph.D.

Researchers at VIB and Antwerp University have identified a major genetic risk factor for a rare form of frontotemporal ...

A new study published in Neurology, led by Queen Mary University of London, has revealed that people of South Asian, African ...

Many MS genetic risk factors are shared across ancestral backgrounds, but European-focused studies may miss others, per a study.

Koala populations with low genetic diversity are actually recovering by "reshuffling" their genes to remove harmful mutations ...

A systematic review of 52 scientific papers submitted to a world-leading clinical genetics journal from multiple scientists ...

Taner, M.D., Ph.D., who leads Mayo Clinic's Precision Medicine in Neurodegeneration Lab, studies complex genetic interactions in Alzheimer's disease.

Although mental disorders have multifactorial causes, genetics can explain some of them, yet this field remains largely unexplored in terms of guiding diagnoses and treatments. In the largest study of ...

Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.

A research team led by scientists at the Butantan Institute in São Paulo, Brazil, has completed the most extensive genetic sequencing of a jararaca viper to date. The focus of the study was the genome ...

Research is shaking up how we think about evolution, suggesting there's a level of predictability influenced by genes and genetic history.