Genetics is important to our understanding of selection for at least three reasons: first, although the concept of selection seems obvious, it was not until selection was linked to Mendelian genetics ...

For drug discovery and biomarker development, peptide-level validation strengthens confidence that selected targets represent ...

Actio Biosciences, a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the translation of genetic insights into novel precision medicines, today announced it will present new preclinical data from its ...

Psychiatric genetics offers insights into the complex, heritable nature of mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar ...

The identification of 20 causal plasma proteins for prostate cancer represents a critical step toward addressing the need for improved diagnostic specificity and reveals promising new targets for ...

Greenland has changed quickly in the past 25 years. Along with new foods, jobs and habits has come a sharp rise in type 2 ...

Hosts David and Gina explore how scientists over the centuries unlocked the ability to edit our genes ...

A massive genetic analysis of over one million people has revealed that APOE, long known for its role in Alzheimer’s disease, also independently increases a person’s risk of delirium.

A large genetic study reveals depression beginning in young adulthood has a stronger hereditary component and a much greater association with suicide risk compared to depression that starts later in ...

On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he had cut out of cardboard. They represented fragments of a DNA molecule, and young James Watson was trying to ...

The largest genetic study of delirium shows that APOE ε4 increases delirium susceptibility even without dementia. Researchers ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD By separating early- and late-onset depression, researchers uncovered hidden genetic signatures that ...