Structural genetic variants may play a role in severity of COVID-19 infection, study finds
Photo Cred: Pexels/Cottonbro By Avery St. Onge In a new study at Augusta University in Georgia, researchers found several structural genetic variants in severely ill patients infected with the novel...
Read MoreEffects of neurostimulation are greater in people with genetic variant in gene, study shows
Photo Cred: Jarmoluk/Pixabay By Avery St. Onge A new study by the University of Barcelona revealed people with the Val/Val genetic variant for the BDNF gene are more likely to...
Read MoreRwandan genocide chemically altered DNA of victims and their offspring, study finds
Photo Cred: Furiosa/Pixabay By Avery St. Onge Pregnant woman of the Tutsi ethnicity, and their offspring, who were exposed to the Rwandan genocide had chemical modifications in their DNA compared...
Read MoreDe novo mutations may result in male infertility, new study says
Photo Cred: RODNAE Production/Pexels By Avery St. Onge A new study published in Nature Communications, found de novo mutations can cause severe forms of infertility for males later in life,...
Read MoreGene mutation that traffics iron in the brain linked to Parkinson’s Disease
Photo Cred: Geralt/Pixabay By Avery St. Onge Mutations in the LRRK2 gene, which cause some forms of Parkinson’s disease, were found to misdirect iron in activated microglia in a new...
Read MoreNewly discovered hormone may be a critical driver of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Photo Cred: Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash By Liz Gold A newly identified hormone named fabkin that helps regulate metabolism may play a significant role in the development of both type 1 and...
Read MoreDNA sequencing potential connection to OCD risk
Photo Cred: Pixabay By Avery St. Onge A new study led by scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found both common and rare variance in DNA...
Read MoreResearchers aim to understand how gut microbiome communicates with immune system
Photo Cred: Kindel Media/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury An international team of scientists has identified a new connection between certain molecules produced by the microbiome and the function of a protein...
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