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Spoan Syndrome: A rare genetic condition found in a remote town where 'almost everyone is a cousin'

A Stanford-led study has identified a mutation on the X chromosome that causes orange fur in cats

Researchers have found the genes linked to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder for the first time, after identifying 30 regions on the human genome

South Korea’s ‘sea women’ are genetically adapted for their tough trade

World’s first personalized CRISPR therapy given to baby with genetic disease

Most people need around 8 hours of sleep each night to function, but a rare genetic condition allows some to thrive on as little as 3 hours

Health is beyond genetics: on the integration of lifestyle and environment in real-time for hyper-personalized medicine

Researchers have uncovered a ‘selfish’ X chromosome in the fruit fly Drosophila testacea that manages to distort inheritance in both sperm and eggs

US doctors rewrite DNA of infant with genetic disorder in medical first

Association between plausible genetic factors and weight loss from GLP1-RA and bariatric surgery

Genetic links with bipolar disorder identified

Genetic risk for alcoholism alters brain immune cell response to alcohol, study finds

Study (N=1,620, age M=33.6Y) found having a romantic partner with more frequent alcohol use and smoking is associated with greater alcohol consumption and binge drinking, and partner alcohol use and smoking also moderated genetic influences on alcohol consumption

New study finds a shared genetic link between endometriosis and immune conditions such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.

Genetic Markers Enable Early Prediction of Toxic California Algal Blooms | Molecular forecasting of domoic acid during a pervasive toxic diatom bloom

Stress during pregnancy can molecularly reprogram newborns' stress response systems by altering tRNA fragments in umbilical cord blood, particularly those regulating acetylcholine…

Century-old genetics mystery of Mendel's peas solved

'Biological reality': What genetics has taught us about race

Beneficial genetic changes observed in regular blood donors: researchers have identified genetic changes in blood stem cells from frequent blood donors that support the production of new…

Parts of the human genome (DNA) change much faster than previously known, even passing from parents to children, providing new insights into the origins of human diseases and evolution

De-extinction company announces that the dire wolf is back | What they delivered is a gray wolf genome carrying a handful of genetic edits.

Scientists found 296 genetic disorders that can be treated before or right after birth

New tool called EvoWeaver can identify protein function by analyzing traces of correlated evolutionary pressures among genes — the authors show it’s able to reconstruct databases (eg KEGG) using only sequencing data

Why educational inequality runs in families: Genetics more than environment

The MICrONS Project- The most detailed map of a brain was done on mice and mapped 84,000 neurons

New tool STITCHR lets scientists put DNA into specific places in cells without leaving marks. It can insert small or large pieces and even use RNA

Why it may be good to be conceived in the cold winter season: "Pre-fertilization-origin preservation of brown fat-mediated energy expenditure in humans"

Mammoth genetic diversity throughout the last million years

Mapping a tiny piece of mouse brain opens up new path to understanding human intelligence

New genetic circuits developed at MIT allow more precise control of gene therapy, keeping gene expression levels within a target range

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