Clinicians' ability to diagnose and treat chronic diseases is limited by scientific uncertainty around factors contributing to disease risk. A study published September 2 nd in the open-access journal ...

The human genome is organised in 46 chromosomes, where all but the x and y chromosomes in men are present in two copies. This means that a person with a faulty gene on one chromosome most often has a ...

Researchers have found statistically significant links between a gene tied to schizophrenia risk and poorer cognitive performance in a large population sample, adding new evidence that genetic ...

Most lethal mutations in wild fruit flies are driven by newly transferred jumping genes, not small DNA errors, according to a new study from Duke University. The findings, published in PLOS Biology, ...

Scientists at USC have definitively demonstrated that large sets of variations in the genetic code that do not individually appear to have much effect can collectively produce significant changes in ...

This multidisciplinary project integrates computational biology, structural modelling, population genomics, and AI. It will provide new mechanistic insights into how coding variation and PTMs ...

A potted scarlet monkeyflower would die within a few days without water. But multiple natural populations of the species ...

Science has shown that variations in our genes can have a major impact on our health and lifespan. But so can diet and exercise habits. Scientists wanted to learn more about exactly how much lifestyle ...

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

The human tendency to prefer immediate rewards over long-term goals is partly rooted in our DNA, according to a recent study published in the American Journal of Human Biology. The findings suggest ...