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Genome-wide analysis of brain age identifies 59 associated loci and unveils relationships with mental and physical health

October 6, 2025

Ethical approval This study used individual-level data from the UKB (www.ukbiobank.ac.uk) and LIFE-Adult (www.uniklinikum-leipzig.de/einrichtungen/life)26,29,30. Both studies were conducted…

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A genetic map of human metabolism across the allele frequency spectrum

October 4, 2025

Study design The UKB is a prospective cohort study from the UK that contains more than 500,000 volunteers…

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Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis

October 2, 2025

Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Xinhe Zhang, Yuanjun Gu, Sharon A. S. Neufeld, Simon Baron-Cohen & Varun Warrier Autism Research…

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Advances in haplotype phasing and genotype imputation

September 24, 2025

Voight, B. F., Kudaravalli, S., Wen, X. & Pritchard, J. K. A map of recent positive selection in…

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Genetic architecture of plasma metabolome in 254,825 individuals

September 20, 2025

Population characteristics We included 254,825 UKB participants with both metabolomic and genomic data available after quality control. The…

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Pan-UK Biobank genome-wide association analyses enhance discovery and resolution of ancestry-enriched effects

September 18, 2025

Abul-Husn, N. S. & Kenny, E. E. Personalized medicine and the power of electronic health records. Cell 177,…

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Digital illustration of the human digestive system

September 5, 2025

Credit: dimdimich / Getty Images A genome-wide association study has revealed how a person’s unique genetic makeup can…

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Research uncovers gene variant role in disease biology

August 29, 2025

Immune New research has filled in missing links between gene variants that have been implicated in disease through…

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August 28, 2025

New research has filled in missing links between gene variants that have been implicated in disease through genome-wide…

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African American ancestry study identifies new lung cancer risk factors

August 25, 2025

Cancer Despite having lower smoking habits than other groups in the U.S., Black Americans are more likely to…

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Genome-wide association meta-analysis of human olfactory identification discovers sex-specific and sex-differential genetic variants

August 22, 2025

Kadohisa, M. Effects of odor on emotion, with implications. Front. Syst. Neurosci. 7, 57047 (2013). Zucco, G. M.,…

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SLC45A4 is a pain gene encoding a neuronal polyamine transporter

August 21, 2025

Study Population The UKB is a prospective cohort study that has collected extensive phenotypic and genetic data from…