A new review reveals how your DNA shapes reproductive health, fertility, and even life expectancy. Led by researchers from the University of Oxford's Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and the ...

In this Review, Okazaki and colleagues provide an overview of the phenotypic presentations of mitochondrial cardiomyopathy, describe the underlying molecular mechanisms and genetic causes, and ...

The application of pharmacogenetics in identifying single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DNA sequences that cause clinically significant alterations in drug-metabolizing enzyme activities is ...

Some people may be genetically predisposed to develop the rare, disabling disorder complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS-1), according to a new study led by the University of Cambridge. The ...

Researchers at Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) in San Diego have successfully applied long-read genome sequencing to reveal the genetic underpinnings of complex psychiatric ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health challenge that affects more than 800 million people worldwide. 1 CKD can be caused by a variety of disease processes. Many causes are difficult to ...

Around the world, over 50 million people are thought to be affected by epilepsy. However, despite the many affected, there is still a lot we do not know about the potential genetic causes underlying ...

Music is central to human emotion and culture. Does our ability to enjoy music have a biological basis? A genetic twin study, published in Nature Communications, shows that music enjoyment is partly ...

Evolutionary genetics is the study of how genetic variation leads to evolutionary change. It includes topics such as the evolution of genome structure, the genetic basis of speciation and adaptation, ...