Clinicians' ability to diagnose and treat chronic diseases is limited by scientific uncertainty around factors contributing to disease risk. A study published September 2 nd in the open-access journal ...

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a common congenital heart defect where the aortic valve has two leaflets (cusps) instead of ...

A new study published in the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science offers a nuanced look at how genetic risk for ...

Researchers have demonstrated a specific type of genetic variation in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) for the first time using advanced DNA sequencing technology. The findings support previous ...

Research into genetic variation and wool traits in sheep and goats has revealed critical insights into the structural composition and quality of animal fibres. Studies have focused on ...

Genetic variation underpins the diversity observed within and among species, while genomic analysis provides the framework to unravel the complexity of these variations. Advances in high‐throughput ...

Study: Signatures of transmission in within-host Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex variation: a retrospective genomic epidemiology study. Image Credit: Creativa Images/Shutterstock.com Reducing the ...

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 ...