A Cornell-led study is challenging a decades-old explanation for how chromosomes exchange genetic material within the ...

Studies of genetics conducted in yeast cells, human neurons, mice or other model systems often reveal networks of genes that could contribute to complex diseases, such as breast cancer, type 2 ...

Rare genetic disorders are typically caused by a variant in a single gene. It is estimated that there are over 7000 such conditions, meaning that although individually rare, they are collectively ...

Bipolar disorder is a complex psychiatric disorder, characterized by fluctuations between episodes of (hypo)mania and depression. It is estimated to affect around 40 to 50 million people worldwide.

Two landmark studies reveal the psychiatric disorders genetic link across eight to fourteen conditions through shared ...

The research team led by Professor Jongmin Kim from the Department of Life Sciences at POSTECH, along with graduate students Hyunseop Goh and Seungdo Choi, has successfully developed the 'Synthetic ...

A landmark Nature study of 6 million people found schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share up to 70% of genetic risk The post ...

For a long time, scientists have suspected that stuttering — a common speech condition that affects an estimated 1 in every 100 people — could be heritable. Despite how common it is, it's still a ...

Discover how synthetic biology is enabling the large-scale manufacturing of lab-made biological products through advanced ...