Schizophrenia affects approximately 23 million people worldwide, with onset usually occurring during a person's late ...

(NewsNation) — Genetics may explain why weight loss drugs work better for some people than others, according to a new study. GLP-1 drugs, including medications like Wegovy and Mounjaro, have become ...

Why do some people feel chills when listening to music, reading poetry, or viewing a powerful work of art, while others do not? New research by Giacomo Bignardi and his colleagues from Max Planck ...

Autism spectrum disorder, also known simply as autism or ASD, is a developmental disorder that can vary widely from one patient to another. It can affect how people behave, socialize, or communicate ...

Scientists expected SuperAgers might simply inherit fewer Alzheimer’s-related risks, but their genes looked much like those ...

A new study sheds light on one of the great enigmas of microbiology: why only certain strains of common bacteria become pandemic pathogens. The work, published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...

A recent study analyzed individuals from diverse backgrounds and identified various genetic clusters involved in a broad range of biological mechanisms that may help explain ancestry-associated ...

A new study has provided new insights into the the genetic overlap among some psychiatric disorders, and can help explain why it’s not uncommon for several of these disorders to arise in the same ...

When people think about high cholesterol, they often blame unhealthy food, lack of exercise, or being overweight. While these are important risk factors, they are not the whole story. Genetics can ...

In a recent article published in JAMA Network Open, researchers investigated the role of genetics in the phenotypic association between screen time and psychiatric problems using a large ...

A study reveals that Africa's low rates of Zika virus outbreaks may be due to a surprising factor: the genetic makeup of local mosquito populations. Research by scientists at the High Meadows ...