Most of the genetic risk for developing a substance use disorder comes from genes that broadly affect how our brains process ...

A large-scale genetic analysis of East Asian individuals led by Fuu-Jen Tsai of the China Medical University Hospital, finds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study of over 1.2 million people has uncovered new genetic clues to dyslexia, shedding light on brain development and reading ...

The neurologic disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE has most often been found in people who experienced ...

Weizmann Institute study finds genetics may account for about 50 percent of human lifespan, more than double previous estimates.

Researchers analyze 2.2 million genomes to show that addiction risk is primarily driven by broad genes affecting brain wiring and impulse control, not drug-specific traits.

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The asteroid Ryugu, millions of miles away from Earth, might not look that exciting. But on it, we now know, lie some of the ...

A sweeping genomic analysis reveals how psychiatric disorders cluster into five biological families, exposing shared pathways and pinpointing where their genetic roots diverge. Study: Mapping the ...

“While cardiomyopathies are often considered rare, our findings show that these genetic variants are not uncommon, especially in large, multi-ancestry cohorts,” said Pankaj Arora, M.D., lead ...

Livestock breeders could soon have more tools to improve the health and quality of their animals, thanks to a recent study ...

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