Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine’s Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center and Human Genome Sequencing Center investigated the extent to which forms of genetic variation called germline or ...

Inherited variations in antibody genes can affect how we respond to infections and vaccines, show two new studies from ...

Researchers have long been at work trying to understand how variations in gene regulation translate into the biology of a disorder such as cancer or heart disease. Now a team led by scientists from ...

A massive new genetic analysis reveals that the biological traits underlying autism risk are the same across people of ...

June 14, 2010 — Individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have nearly 20% more gene copy number variations (CNVs) overall and more than 60% more CNVs in genes associated with ...

Genetic variability and sex-specific differences may play a role in sickle cell disease (SCD)-related pain; however, more research is needed. In the present study, saliva samples from 59 adults with ...

Professor Asaf Hellman and his research team at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School have unveiled new findings in the realm of methylation-directed regulatory networks. Their study sheds ...

By enforcing a ‘sex test’ for athletes, the International Olympic Committee has reignited the debate about what a ‘level ...

Birds have a dazzling display of patterns, from muted colors to vivid and striking hues. For a long time, scientists believed that the evolution of these traits was a slow process that took place when ...