A new study has uncovered evidence suggesting that a person’s inherited predisposition for higher levels of the tau protein ...

A new study is providing a clearer picture of the genetic landscape of major depression, revealing that the disorder may have ...

New tool predicts the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease before symptoms arise, aiding early intervention strategies ...

Genetic differences in early- and late-onset depression highlight distinct risk profiles, informing targeted strategies for ...

Kidney disease is a common, irreversible complication of diabetes. Researchers have developed an algorithm that uses genetic markers to predict whether a type 2 diabetic will develop kidney disease ...

The symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism have many things in common; they are both common psychiatric diagnosis of children, they are heritable conditions, and there ...

Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC) have identified the first genetic variant associated with aggressive prostate cancer-a finding that shows genetic information may ...

A multi-university research team co-led by University of Virginia engineering professor Gustavo K. Rohde has developed a system that can spot genetic markers of autism in brain images with 89 to 95% ...

Researchers at the UCSF Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center have identified a region on the human genome that appears to determine how strongly drinkers feel the effects of alcohol and thus how ...

In this paper, rather than focusing on genes as an organising concept around which historical considerations of theory and practice in genetics are elucidated, we place genetic markers at the heart of ...