Learn more about the gene linked to the evolutionary loss of human tails, and how, in rare cases, some people are still born ...

Large-scale UK Biobank research suggests that variations in the APOE gene, linked to up to 90% of Alzheimer’s cases ...

A gene on the X chromosome revs up inflammation in the female brain, which may explain why rates of multiple sclerosis are higher in women than in men, scientists suggest. When you purchase through ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

A genetic mutation passed from mother to children in families affected by schizophrenia has now been shown to completely ...

A large population-level analysis led by researchers at University College London has suggested that common variants of the ...

A new study from the University of Cambridge found that Labradors and humans share a key gene linked to obesity. The DENND1B gene influences hunger signals in the brain, making those with the variant ...

Potentially more than 90% of Alzheimer's disease cases would not occur without the contribution of a single gene (APOE), ...

A genome-wide CRISPR study maps 331 genes essential for early brain development, identifying PEDS1 as a new ...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Humans carry genes that predispose us to atherosclerosis, the disease that causes heart attacks, because those same genes may have once helped ...

Researchers from Radboud university medical center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited ...