Variants in a nicotine receptor gene are associated with a lower likelihood of heavy smoking, according to a study published ...

The variant of the CHRNB3 gene, involved in the regulation of the substance, is starting to be considered as a possible ...

A variant in the IL-7 gene may predict which patients with kidney cancer are more likely to experience side effects from immunotherapy. A gene linked to immune system function may help predict which ...

Scientists have found that a special component in some people's blood provides them with natural protection against malaria. A recent study has demonstrated that a genetic variant named rs112233623-T ...

Sometimes, in genetics, two wrongs do make a right. A research team has recently shown that two harmful genetic variants, when occurring together in a gene, can restore function—proving a decades-old ...

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Citrate is a metabolite essential to the metabolism and development of neurons. A membrane transport protein called SLC13A5 plays a central role in this process and has previously been linked to a ...

For more than a century, Mendelian genetics has shaped how we think about inheritance: one gene, one trait. It is a model that still echoes through textbooks—and one that is increasingly reaching its ...