Research report: Heritability of behavioral traits and their genetic
Beef cattle spend their days feeding, ruminating, lying, standing and moving, and every one of those behaviors leaves…
Low vitamin B12 is linked to heart disease. Supplements tell a different story
Low vitamin B12 levels have been linked to cardiovascular disease, prompting researchers to examine how deficiency affects blood…
Experimental Heart Drug Helps Patients Exercise More and Feel Better
An experimental drug designed to reduce excessive heart muscle contraction helped patients with a difficult-to-treat form of hypertrophic…
Van Andel Institute’s Dr. Derek Janssens receives a New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health Common Fund
Highlights Van Andel Institute’s Derek Janssens is one of 42 scientists to receive a 2026 New Innovator Award…
Skin biopsy offers less invasive diagnosis for mitochondrial disease
Researchers at Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s Colorado) and the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine have published…
Tomato Pangenome Maps Genes for Fruit Size and Defense
Newswise — Tomato breeding depends on finding useful natural variants behind complex traits, but conventional linear reference genomes…
Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes
A human pancreas typically contains about a billion beta cells, the primary producers of insulin. Among people with…
A child’s gut microbiome may offer early clues to type 1 diabetes risk
Following children’s gut bacteria through their first years of life revealed distinct developmental paths, offering new clues about…
Genomic insights into the persistence of Nubian giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis) in conflict-affected South Sudan
Daskin, J. H. & Pringle, R. M. Warfare and wildlife declines in Africa’s protected areas. Nature 553, 328–332…
Stirling team develops new method to study salmon lice secretions
Research led by PhD researcher Alexander Dindial alongside professor James Bron and Dr Sean Monaghan at the University’s…
Why living to 100 may depend on far more than diet and exercise
From diet and exercise to social ties and genetics, researchers examined why the habits linked to healthier aging…
HRT linked to lower dementia risk, but timing and menopause type matter
A large UK Biobank analysis reveals how menopause type, estrogen exposure, genetics, and the timing of HRT may…