Genetics
Metabolism, not genes, may offer more insight into risk of some diseases
Our ancestry can be detected not only in our genes, but also in our metabolism, a new Yale-led study has found.
Oct 17, 2022
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Genetics
Epigenetic changes linked to Parkinson's disease differ in men and women
The epigenetic changes linked to Parkinson's disease—a nervous system disorder that afflicts nearly 1 million Americans—are different in men and women, according to a new Rutgers study published in npj Parkinson's Disease.
Oct 17, 2022
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Neuroscience
Researchers develop method to study brain connectivity, functionality
Scientists have developed a research method that allows for a much more detailed examination of the brain processes involved in some neurological and mental disorders. This is achieved by growing human cortical organoids ...
Oct 12, 2022
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Medical research
Brain-like organoids grown in a dish provide window into autism
Whatever you do, don't call them "mini-brains," say University of Utah Health scientists. Regardless, the seed-sized organoids—which are grown in the lab from human cells—provide insights into the brain and uncover differences ...
Oct 6, 2022
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Autism spectrum disorders
Researchers identify shared and differentiating genetic variants for ADHD and autism
There is a large degree of overlap between the genetic causes of autism and ADHD. Now, researchers from Aarhus University have found gene variants, which increase the risk of developing only one of the diagnoses and not the ...
Oct 4, 2022
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Genetics
A new multilayered approach discovers 50 novel candidate genes for Parkinson's disease
Many neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease (PD) result from the combined effects of mutations in several genes (i.e., polygenic). Although previous studies have identified a few genes that are responsible ...
Oct 3, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study of veterans finds PTSD and conditions such as substance misuse associated with a cellular marker for early death
Psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses increase risk for premature morbidity and mortality. Now a new study has found that trauma-exposed veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and externalizing psychiatric disorders, like ...
Sep 26, 2022
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Neuroscience
The hemispheres are not equal: How the brain is not symmetrical
At first glance, the human body looks symmetrical: two arms, two legs, two eyes, two ears, even the nose and mouth appear to be mirrored on an imaginary axis dividing the faces of most people. And finally, the brain: it is ...
Sep 15, 2022
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Ophthalmology
Novel imaging approach reveals important details about rare eye disease choroideremia
By combining traditional eye imaging techniques with adaptive optics—a technology that enhances imaging resolution—researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have shown for the first time how cells across different ...
Sep 14, 2022
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Medical research
Researchers identify a potential path against inherited neurological disease
Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), and elsewhere have reversed the effects of several life-threatening inherited neurodegenerative ...
Sep 8, 2022
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