A multi-university research team co-led by University of Virginia engineering professor Gustavo K. Rohde has developed a system that can spot genetic markers of autism in brain images with 89 to 95% ...

The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) has reached consensus on candidate biomarkers for anorexia ...

Turfgrass species are integral to urban landscapes, sports facilities and ecological systems, and their broad genetic diversity underpins their adaptability to diverse environmental conditions. This ...

Genetic epidemiologist Cassandra Spracklen is an assistant professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences. In the largest genome-wide ...

A new study published in Neurology and led by Queen Mary University of London has revealed that people of South Asian, African , and European ancestry share many of the same genetic risk factors for ...

Imagine identifying autism before its behavioral signs appear. This may become a reality thanks to a groundbreaking technique called “transport-based morphometry” (TBM). TBM is a method that uses ...

A recent study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry provides evidence that an individual’s genetic risk for major depression tends to be higher in those who develop more severe forms of the ...

A U.S.-based biotech company has unveiled a new in vitro fertilization (IVF) option that allows parents to select embryos based on genetic markers tied to health and longevity. DNA testing and ...

In the largest genome-wide association study to date on Type 2 diabetes, a team of international researchers has located 1,289 genetic markers associated with Type 2 diabetes (145 of which are newly ...