Researchers at the Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) led the discovery of an unexpected connection between inherited blindness ...

Cornell researchers confirm first cases of Marfan syndrome in domestic cat siblings Gary and Shaggy, revealing key genetic ...

“I just want people to see Luca as a little boy first,” Mariah George tells PEOPLE. “His diagnosis is a part of his story, ...

Transcriptome-scale target biology and AI-driven automated chemistry produced a validated lead candidate in weeks, against an ...

The PsychAD Consortium seeks to deepen our understanding of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), related dementias (ADRD), and serious mental illnesses (SMIs) by exploring ...

DNA samples from Jonathan the 194-year-old tortoise reveal gene variants and epigenetic changes that could contribute to his ...

Researchers at Cornell University identified the BC200 gene, which originated from a transposon in human DNA. This gene displays unusual mobility, retaining its ability to move within the genome while ...

Scientists have identified thousands of genetic differences that change a person's risk of disease, but working out how they ...

A human-specific GLUD2 gene variant worsens Parkinson's disease pathology in mice by driving complement C3 signaling from astrocytes to microglia, revealing a potential therapeutic target.

Researchers at Semmelweis University show that the standard human reference genome can cause automated whole-genome analyses ...

Researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered a previously unrecognized protective role for microglia, the brain's resident immune cells, in Parkinson's disease. The study shows that a ...

Scientists have successfully replaced the cortex of genetically modified mice with lab-grown human brain tissue. The ...