A newly published paper in Nature describes the complex process of launching a nine-country collaboration in Africa to ...

Is Obesity Genetic or Environmental? Get All the Details This article was reviewed by Lynn Marie Morski, MD, JD. Key ...

A team of researchers has conducted the largest and most comprehensive genome-wide association study (GWAS) to date of ...

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Dr. David Buchner is an accomplished geneticist and educator whose career spans more than two decades of research and leadership in human genetics, metabolic disease, and computational genomics. He ...

Ferns, defined by large genomes, high chromosome counts, and pervasive aneuploidy as well as intraspecific polyploid ...

The sequencing of the human genome has created an unprecedented opportunity to apply new knowledge and technology to improve human health. The goal of the CCTS Genomic & Precision Medicine Special ...

A seminal study has uncovered a new genetic cause of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). The discovery offers both closure and hope to potentially thousands of families worldwide who have long been ...

The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to ...

Genetic ancestry plays a key role in determining the behavior of head and neck tumors and may help explain why African-American patients survive for half as long as their counterparts of European ...

Scientists have identified novel genetic interactions that may contribute to congenital heart disease (CHD), a common birth defect. Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and ...

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