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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Most genetic variants associated with cortical surface area and thickness are also linked to the risk of developing schizophrenia, a new study shows. “Neuroimaging studies have identified cortical structural alterations
Curing cancer has been the dream of countless doctors and researchers over the decades. Yet some types of cancer, whether because they affect relatively few people or lack influential advocates, receive less attention and funding
There are no definitive causes of eye cancers. However, there are certain risk factors that are associated with eye cancers. Individuals with these traits are more prone to develop these cancers. There is however no
Your food intake patterns are partly under genetic control, according to the latest research from researchers at King’s College London, published today in the journal Twin Research and Human Genetics. Researchers can study the quality
What’s the risk of different human populations to develop a disease? To find out, a team led by Université de Montréal professor Guillaume Lettre created an international consortium to study the blood of hundreds of
How high altitudes affect people’s breathing and its coordination with the heart beat is due to genetic differences say researchers. Clear physiological differences have already been demonstrated between people living in the Himalayas and Andes
Neuroscientists have failed to replicate the findings of an influential study linking genetics to cognition. Published in JNeurosci, the researchers highlight issues in the design, analysis, and interpretation of the original study. In 2012, Pinel
Imagine a perfectly biocompatible, protein-based drug delivery system durable enough to survive in the body for more than two weeks and capable of providing sustained medication release. An interdisciplinary research team led by Jin Kim
A single cholesterol-derived molecule, called 27-hydroxycholesterol (27HC), lurks inside your bloodstream and will increase your body fat, even if you don’t eat a diet filled with red meat and fried food. That kind of diet,
The ability to edit genes in living organisms offers the opportunity to treat a plethora of inherited diseases. However, many types of gene-editing tools are unable to target critical areas of DNA, and creating such