A recent study has found that genetic variants in mitochondrial DNA could increase the risk of developing several common diseases, […]
Using population genetic models, researchers show that negative selection on complex traits limits phenotype prediction accuracy between populations. Phenotype prediction […]
Spaceflight is known to impact human physiology, but the distinct molecular aetiologies are unknown. In a recent study, published in […]
In a recent article, published in PNAS, researchers have described a new method – Pheno-RNA – to identify candidate genes […]
A team of researchers have analysed human proteome data from brain tissue to study whether targeted proteins predictively mediated the […]
Welcome to the latest Week in Brief, where we provide a summary of cutting-edge research from the last seven days! […]
The advent of genetic and genomics research has transformed our understanding of thousands of human diseases, with our abilities ever […]
Over 50 million people worldwide are currently living with epilepsy. However, one third of patients are resistant to common antiseizure […]
Parkinson’s disease is a clinically heterogenous neurodegenerative disorder, meaning that it is likely that different cellular mechanisms drive its pathology […]
Written by Charlotte Harrison, Science Writer People with Down’s syndrome have chronic hyperactivation of interferon signalling, meaning they are at […]
