Attention deficit disorders
New ADHD findings
A combination of rare and common genetic variations could play a part in biological pathways linked to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Nov 14, 2011
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News tagged with copy number variants
Genetics
Scientists find a striking number of genetic changes can occur early in human development
The genetic material of an organism encodes the instructions that guide its development. These codes are not written in stone; they can change or mutate any time during the life of the organism. Single changes in the code ...
Feb 24, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychotic symptoms in children may have a genetic cause
A 6-year-old boy began hearing voices coming from the walls and the school intercom telling him to hurt himself and others. He saw ghosts, aliens in trees, and colored footprints. Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich, MD, a psychiatrist ...
Aug 24, 2022
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Genetics
Exploring the dark side of the genome
Research has shown a direct relationship between mutations in introns and variability in human populations.
Feb 1, 2019
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Genetics
Researchers link chromosome region to thoracic aortic disease
Patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms that lead to acute aortic dissections are 12 times more likely to have duplications in the DNA in a region of chromosome 16 (16p13.1) than those without the disease, according to a ...
Jun 16, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers use optimized single-cell multi-omics sequencing to better understand colon cancer tumor heterogeneity
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China has found that using optimized single-cell multi-omics sequencing better reveals colon cancer tumor heterogeneity. In their paper published in the journal ...
Genetics
Largest study of its kind finds rare genetic variations linked to schizophrenia
Many of the genetic variations that increase risk for schizophrenia are rare, making it difficult to study their role in the disease. To overcome this, the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, an international team led by Jonathan ...
Nov 22, 2016
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Genetics
Rare genetic mutations linked to bipolar disorder
An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, reports that abnormal sequences of DNA known as rare copy number variants, or CNVs, appear to play a significant ...
Dec 21, 2011
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Genetics
Researchers develop new type of genetic test for identifying developmental disorders
(Medical Xpress)—A large team of researchers with members from a host of countries across the globe has conducted an exhaustive study that has resulted in the development of a new genetic test to help identify development ...
Genetics
New method helping to find deletions and duplications in the human genome
A new machine-learning method accurately identifies regions of the human genome that have been duplicated or deleted—known as copy number variants—that are often associated with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. ...
Jul 10, 2019
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