Original article written by Shannon Gunn, August 2020. Updated by Lyndsey Fletcher, July 2023. Polygenic risk scores are a particularly […]
Genetic testing is widely used to diagnose monogenic diseases that are caused by mutations in a single gene, such as […]
Written by Vered Smith, Science Writer Researchers at the University of Michigan have published a study in PLOS ONE identifying […]
Researchers have analysed clinical and genetic data from over 8,500 adults with psychiatric disorders, to assess whether schizophrenia polygenic risk […]
Researchers from NIH have developed a 22-item framework, published in Nature, that has identified the minimal polygenic risk score-related information […]
Existing genome-wide association studies have been predominantly conducted in individuals of European descent. In turn, this has limited the transferability […]
‘Dietary restraint outsmarts obesity risk genes‘ – Written by Charlotte Harrison, Science Writer Genetic variation underlies 40–70% of differences in […]
Certain individuals may be genetically predisposed to being a night owl, according to a recent study published in the journal […]
In a new study published in Nature, researchers have identified 35 genetic susceptibility loci for atrial fibrillation (AF) in a […]
Derek Morris, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science at the University of Galway, joins us to discuss the genetics behind psychiatric […]
