Brain dynamics and cognition share genetic roots. Criticality may guide future brain health research. A recent study published on June 24 in PNAS presents strong evidence that brain criticality—the de ...

This included one genetic variant, rs2863761, not previously identified in any genome-wide association study. Many of the variants are known to influence cardiometabolic risk factors, heart and ...

Scientists at UCSF combined advanced brain-network modeling, genetics, and imaging to reveal how tau protein travels through ...

When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

Carl Zimmer writes about the results of a new genetic study of humans and the diseases that afflicted us over the past 37,000 year ...

The research team at Seoul National University Hospital announced that it has identified the genetic cause of sensory nerve ...

Integrating physical and genetic interaction data is essential if we are to fully understand cellular networks. The classification of interactions beyond the simple physical versus genetic divide ...

The study marks the most complete and detailed genetic map of kidney function developed thus far. The findings are likely to improve the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of kidney disease — which ...

Genetic Map Helps Pinpoint Genes That Cause Sarcoma. January 23, 2023. Credit: Rockefeller University. Sarcomas are rare cancers arising in bone, muscle, fat, or cartilage and account for about 20 ...

I n a study published August 10 in Nature, scientists have charted the genetic landscape across a human prostate in high resolution and discovered how additional or missing chunks of chromosomes, ...