A newly identified gene mutation may help explain why schizophrenia patients struggle to update their understanding of ...

Despite a host of checks and balances that usually prevent harmful genetic mutations, sometimes mistakes happen, with serious ...

CHARGE syndrome is a complex congenital disorder that presents with a spectrum of multisystem anomalies, including ocular coloboma, choanal atresia, congenital heart defects, and ear malformations, as ...

KYOTO – An international team of researchers has taken an important step toward understanding how gene expression is controlled across the human genome. A new study has comprehensively analyzed ...

A new software package called CREsted, published in Nature Methods, gives researchers an end-to-end workflow for modeling and ...

CRISPR Cas9 gene therapy explained with DNA scissors, hereditary diseases treatment, and designer babies ethical dilemmas ...

Small RNAs play a major role in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Specific RNA profiles show distinct changes in the brain, especially in younger people.

Without 8 or 9 hours of sleep, most of us end up staggering around like zombies. But according to a new study, some people have a genetic mutation that makes them feel perfectly alive after sleeping ...

Gene editing tools are powering new innovation in the plant sciences world, but that brings new considerations of intellectual property and regulatory risks. Ever since powerful new gene editing tools ...

A team led by UC Davis poultry scientist Huaijun Zhou has created the first comprehensive map of gene regulation in breeds of chickens. The map could be a resource for finding resistance to H5N1 ...