Scientists investigating the DNA outside our genes—the 'dark genome'—have discovered recently evolved regions that code for proteins associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
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A team of Swedish and British scientists have studied the heritability of dog ownership using information from 35,035 twin pairs from the Swedish Twin Registry. The new study suggests that genetic variation explains more ...
May 17, 2019
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More than 20 years ago, the human genome was first sequenced. While the first version was full of "holes" representing missing DNA sequences, the genome has been gradually improved in successive rounds. Each has increased ...
Aug 26, 2023
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The discovery of a rare new strain of HIV for the first time in nearly 20 years recently made headlines around the world.
Feb 6, 2020
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From early prenatal development through childhood, the prefrontal cortex of the human brain undergoes an avalanche of developmental activity. In some cases, it also contains seeds of neuropsychiatric illnesses such as autism ...
Apr 8, 2020
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A genetic variant that protects the heart against cardiovascular disease has been discovered by researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators. Reported today in Nature Communications, the cardioprotective ...
May 26, 2017
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For many years, the human genome was viewed as a book of life in which sections of great eloquence and economy of expression were interspersed with vast stretches of gibberish. The legible sections contained the code for ...
Jun 13, 2022
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Approximately 98 percent of the human genome is made up of noncoding DNA, including enhancers, promoters, and other elements that regulate gene activity. The methods for studying these regions tend to be expensive, labor-intensive, ...
Dec 21, 2018
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Children's heads expand steadily to accommodate their growing brains, and doctors routinely measure head circumference during the first years of life to assess healthy brain development. Children from around the world follow ...
Jan 21, 2019
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Identifying genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease is essential if we are to improve our understanding and treatment of it. Progress in human genome analysis along with genome-wide association studies are now leading ...
Apr 4, 2022
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