New statistical tool reveals hidden genetic pathways in complex diseases
A collaboration including Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital’s Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological…
Genetic variants influencing vitamin D synthesis, metabolism, and transport
From skin tone to rare mutations, scientists uncover how your genes influence vitamin D levels, and why standard…
New Study Maps Out the Timeline of DNA Damage for Multiple Myeloma
MIAMI, FLORIDA (AUG. 20, 2025) – A new study maps out the timeline of DNA damage for multiple…
Promising new method could treat inherited diseases | Waterloo News
An innovative method that uses modified versions of a bacterial virus effective at delivering treatments to human cells…
Why do some people age faster than others? Study identifies genes at play
Path diagram of the standardized results for our bifactor model of frailty. Credit: Nature Genetics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-025-02269-0…
AI Tool Shows Exactly When Genes Turn On and Off
Summary: Researchers have developed an AI-powered tool called chronODE that models how genes turn on and off during…
Epigenetic Noise Key in Cell Identity Shift
All cells in the body contain the same DNA, but different cell types express different genes; skin cells…
Epigenomic landscapes of fat tissue cells reveal how they shape obesity risk
Schematic overview of the study design using snm3C-seq and snRNA-seq to profile cell-type-level DNA methylation, chromatin conformation and…
UCF Researcher Helps Confirm Genetic Restoration Success for Florida Panthers
In 1995, scientists translocated eight Texas pumas into Florida in a genetic restoration effort to save the only…
Multi-Ancestry Study Reveals New Keloid Genes
In an unprecedented stride toward understanding the genetic underpinnings of keloid formation, a new multi-ancestry meta-analysis has revealed…
What makes some identical twins look and behave differently?
Metastable epialleles may sound like complex science, but they help explain why identical animals can still look and…
AI model detects genetic changes in colorectal cancer from tissue images
An international, interdisciplinary research team led by Prof. Jakob N. Kather from the Else Kröner Fresenius Center (EKFZ) for…