Our brain is arguably the organ that most distinguishes humans from other primates. Its exceptional size, complexity and ...

Whether you turn red when drinking alcohol, dislike certain smells, or metabolize drugs differently from others, the explanation often lies in your DNA, or more precisely, your gene types. People ...

A new study published in Communications Medicine, a Nature publication, details the discovery of rare gene variants that increase the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in multiple generations of Asian ...

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University found gene clusters that could help explain how type 2 diabetes presents in different ...

The Joint Open Genome and Omics Platform 1.0 (JoGo 1.0) catalogs 19,194 human genes with a novel naming system. Researchers expect the database to benefit medicine and genomics, and to provide a ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. In 2024 Stephen Rich and his colleagues ...

Genetic testing, often via a blood sample, can confirm a muscular dystrophy diagnosis. It can also identify specific gene mutations to help guide treatment and determine whether or not someone is a ...

Your risk of developing a brain tumor is higher if you have a close relative with a history of brain cancer. Most brain tumors aren’t linked to a family history and have no clear cause. Brain tumors ...