A team of researchers at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified a new pathway through which mutations in the tumor suppressor p53 gene—found very frequently in human tumors—hijack DNA ...

An insightful mini-review published in Genomic Psychiatry synthesizes the rapidly expanding landscape of molecular genetic research on common epilepsies, assembling evidence from genome-wide ...

Genetic data show that 14 psychiatric diagnoses cluster into five families of shared risk, explaining why conditions like ...

A new study published in Neurology and led by Queen Mary University of London has revealed that people of South Asian, African , and European ancestry share many of the same genetic risk factors for ...

Although mental disorders have multifactorial causes, genetics can explain some of them, yet this field remains largely unexplored in terms of guiding diagnoses and treatments. In the largest study of ...

It's not genetics or money — the answer is much more interesting.

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

Of the many advances in science and technology over the past 25 years, genetic testing is arguably one of the most notable. Once a rare part of health care, it is now becoming much more common. It’s ...

Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab ...

Bedwetting, also referred to as nocturnal enuresis, is a widespread childhood dilemma often traced back to genetic factors as ...

Genetic hearing loss affects hundreds of thousands of people in the US, but there may be a simple treatment available in the form of a common drug.