Rethinking Mendelian assumptions in inherited retinal degenerations
Dec 22 2025 A new study challenges what’s long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause…
DNA Analysis Confirms Grim Tale from 800-Year-Old Norse Saga
King Sverre Sigurdsson had a tumultuous reign, but perhaps the darkest day for his stronghold came when he…
Why many mental health conditions may be more alike than we thought
Published on 16/12/2025 – 7:01 GMT+1 Different mental health conditions may have far more in common at a…
New technique allows tissue-specific protein control in animals
Researchers have long faced a blunt limitation in biology. They could delete proteins or switch genes off, but…
Massive genetics study shows what truly separates and unites 14 psychiatric disorders
A sweeping genomic analysis reveals how psychiatric disorders cluster into five biological families, exposing shared pathways and pinpointing…
Depression, anxiety and PTSD have same genetic roots – what it means for treatment
What are usually seen as 14 different mental health or neurodiversity conditions could really be five clusters of…
Researchers map how brain networks differ in individuals at high clinical risk for psychosis
Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), and NHG Health’s…
New analysis reveals fundamental flaws in widely used measures of biological aging
A landmark review published today in Genomic Psychiatry challenges researchers to fundamentally reconsider how the field measures and…
Sugar alcohol sorbitol may increase the risk of developing steatotic liver disease
Sweeteners such as aspartame, found in Equal packets, sucralose (Splenda), or sugar alcohols are often seen as healthier…
AI model popEVE: Prioritizing genetic variants effectively
By combining deep evolutionary signals with human population data, the popEVE model provides a novel approach to identifying…
New method reveals how human cells initiate DNA replication
When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication process…
International collaboration develops STREAMS to standardize microbiome data
Microbiomes, the communities of microorganisms that live in and around us, play a vital role in everything from…