Researchers are using genetic information from western chimpanzees in Guinea to evaluate the effects of mining on the endangered species.
A genetic risk factor found almost exclusively in people of at least partial African ancestry boosts risk of Alzheimer's disease—but only sometimes.
Using artificial intelligence to examine genes in DNA may offer a way to predict cardiovascular disease, report researchers.
"The patients are sick not because of the virus," says Jean-Laurent Casanova. "They're sick because they excessively respond to the virus."
New research with pythons and lizards identifies a gene that results in white blotches, or piebald coloration, in reptiles.
New research indicates that pathogenic fungi may cause more human diseases as they adapt to climate change.
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown genetic cause of the neurodegenerative disease late-onset cerebellar ataxia.
New research identifies more than 2,300 genes predicting alcohol and tobacco use after analyzing data from more than 3.4 million people.
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