Genetic testing is widely used to diagnose monogenic diseases that are caused by mutations in a single gene, such as […]
Researchers have analysed clinical and genetic data from over 8,500 adults with psychiatric disorders, to assess whether schizophrenia polygenic risk […]
Existing genome-wide association studies have been predominantly conducted in individuals of European descent. In turn, this has limited the transferability […]
Original article written by Shannon Gunn, August 2020. Updated by Lyndsey Fletcher, July 2023. Polygenic risk scores are a particularly […]
Certain individuals may be genetically predisposed to being a night owl, according to a recent study published in the journal […]
Derek Morris, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science at the University of Galway, joins us to discuss the genetics behind psychiatric […]
Written by Vered Smith, Science Writer Researchers at the University of Michigan have published a study in PLOS ONE identifying […]
Using data derived from the UK Biobank, researchers have found that polygenic scores have low portability between genetic populations. Polygenic […]
Dr Todd Lencz is a Professor at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in Manhasset, New York. Lencz’s team were […]
Researchers from NIH have developed a 22-item framework, published in Nature, that has identified the minimal polygenic risk score-related information […]
