Genetics track mining’s threat to endangered chimps
Researchers are using genetic information from western chimpanzees in Guinea to evaluate the effects of mining on the endangered species.
Gene variant tied to African ancestry ups Alzheimer’s risk
A genetic risk factor found almost exclusively in people of at least partial African ancestry boosts risk of Alzheimer’s disease—but only sometimes.
Gene variant tied to African ancestry ups Alzheimer’s risk
A genetic risk factor found almost exclusively in people of at least partial African ancestry boosts risk of Alzheimer’s disease—but only sometimes.
Can AI diagnose cardiovascular disease faster?
Using artificial intelligence to examine genes in DNA may offer a way to predict cardiovascular disease, report researchers.
Can AI diagnose cardiovascular disease faster?
Using artificial intelligence to examine genes in DNA may offer a way to predict cardiovascular disease, report researchers.
3 faulty genes may clarify some severe COVID in kids
“The patients are sick not because of the virus,” says Jean-Laurent Casanova. “They’re sick because they excessively respond to the virus.”
To explain piebald pythons, study pets and lizards
New research with pythons and lizards identifies a gene that results in white blotches, or piebald coloration, in reptiles.
To explain piebald pythons, study pets and lizards
New research with pythons and lizards identifies a gene that results in white blotches, or piebald coloration, in reptiles.
Climate change may drive fungi to harm our bodies
New research indicates that pathogenic fungi may cause more human diseases as they adapt to climate change.
Team pinpoints genetic cause of late-onset ataxia
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown genetic cause of the neurodegenerative disease late-onset cerebellar ataxia.