A new study has provided new insights into the the genetic overlap among some psychiatric disorders, and can help explain why it’s not uncommon for several of these disorders to arise in the same ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital and collaborating institutions have identified new genetic candidates ...

Autism spectrum disorder, also known simply as autism or ASD, is a developmental disorder that can vary widely from one patient to another. It can affect how people behave, socialize, or communicate ...

A massive genetic study offers one of the clearest pictures yet of how DNA contributes to personality, identifying genetic ...

A new study sheds light on one of the great enigmas of microbiology: why only certain strains of common bacteria become pandemic pathogens. The work, published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Why do some people feel chills when listening to music, reading poetry, or viewing a powerful work of art, while others do not? New research by Giacomo Bignardi and his colleagues from Max Planck ...

(NewsNation) — Genetics may explain why weight loss drugs work better for some people than others, according to a new study. GLP-1 drugs, including medications like Wegovy and Mounjaro, have become ...

The study, published in Nature Genetics, combined DNA information with MRI measurements of liver fat from 71,488 UK Biobank participants of European ancestry. Researchers identified 60 independent ...

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A study reveals that Africa's low rates of Zika virus outbreaks may be due to a surprising factor: the genetic makeup of local mosquito populations. Research by scientists at the High Meadows ...