New research reveals how octopuses and other cephalopods developed some of the most complex nervous systems in the animal ...

Genetic factor analysis uses genome-wide association summary statistics to identify shared polygenic factors underlying patterns of cross-trait genetic associations, while automatically determining ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD), one type of depression, is one of the most common psychiatric conditions worldwide. It is ...

A team of researchers has conducted the largest and most comprehensive genome-wide association study (GWAS) to date of schizophrenia in individuals of African ancestry. The work was led by scientists ...

A research team led by Zhen-Xing Endowed Professor Jian Yang at the School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, has developed a pangenome-informed genome assembly (PIGA) method. By combining a ...

Scientists accidentally discovered a microscopic organism with a genetic code that breaks a rule researchers thought was ...

PrecisionLife, an AI-led precision medicine company focused on complex chronic diseases, has today launched the Post COVID DNA Wellness Report, translating more than five years of leading long COVID ...

A team of hearing specialists at Vanderbilt Health analyzed thousands of data samples in the institution's BioVU biobank to ...

Bowel habits aren't exactly dinner-table talk. But they reflect how quickly the gut moves things along, and when that goes wrong, people can experience constipation, diarrhea, or irritable bowel ...

Genetic inheritance may sound straightforward: One gene causes one trait or a specific illness. When doctors use genetics, it’s usually to try to identify a disease-causing gene to help guide ...

A leading cardiovascular geneticist known for using human genetics and large population studies will be recognized by the American Heart Association at its annual Scientific Sessions in November.