For decades, geneticists have known that most common illnesses are not caused by a single rogue gene but by intricate constellations of DNA variants acting together in specific cells. Now a new ...

The protein-coding fraction of our genome is like the cast of a Broadway production. Their performance is critical to the success of Biology: The Musical, but a much larger production crew helps ...

More than 1,000 genes may serve as possible treatment targets for individuals with kidney disease, according to a new study, published in Science, by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at ...

The authors of the study pictured in the facilities housing MareNostrum5, the supercomputer which was critical for processing the vast amounts of data generated by the study. Human gene maps contain ...

When someone is diagnosed with depression and anxiety, it rarely surprises their clinician. When someone with schizophrenia has mood symptoms, it rarely surprises their family. Comorbidity has always ...

Learn about a new map of the human eye made using donated eyeballs that could help explain and possibly prevent a handful of sight-related diseases. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of ...

Scientists at Keele University have created the first detailed map of the genetic "switches" that control reproduction in disease-carrying insects such as Anopheles gambiae, the mosquito species most ...

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ancestry, according to a study published in Nature Communications. Researchers ...