For the first time, researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have identified the specific genetic ...

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 ...

Schizophrenia has long been one of medicine’s most puzzling conditions, with genetics offering tantalizing clues but an ...

The study of genetic variation and growth traits in tree species is crucial for understanding the mechanisms that underpin forest productivity, resilience and adaptation. Recent advances in molecular ...

Researchers have significantly expanded the catalogue of known human genetic variation. The resulting datasets, shared in two back-to-back publications in the journal Nature, constitute what may be ...

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 ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by repetitive head impacts (RHI). However, individuals with similar RHI exposure have shown differing pathology, suggesting ...

Researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have, for the first time, identified the specific genetic ...

Scientists recover DNA from a 5,500-year-old burial in Colombia, revealing ancient syphilis-related bacteria and reshaping disease history.

Study: Signatures of transmission in within-host Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex variation: a retrospective genomic epidemiology study. Image Credit: Creativa Images/Shutterstock.com Reducing the ...

Research into genetic variation and wool traits in sheep and goats has revealed critical insights into the structural composition and quality of animal fibres. Studies have focused on ...

The findings shed new light on human reproduction and suggest pathways for developing treatments to lower the risk of ...