Humans Still Evolving, Large-Scale Study of Genetic Data Shows
In a study analyzing the genomes of 210,000 people in the United States and Britain, researchers have found that the genetic variants linked to Alzheimer’s disease and heavy smoking are…
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Study Reveals White Nationalists’ Reactions When Genetics Test Results Challenge Their Identity
A new study by UCLA researchers reveals the range of reactions — from rejection to reinterpretation to acceptance — after white nationalists learn that DNA ancestry test results indicate they…
How The Genome Sets its Functional Micro-Architecture
The genes that are involved in the development of the fetus are activated in different tissues and at different times. Their expression is carefully regulated by so-called “enhancer sequences”, which…
First Big Efforts to Sequence Ancient African DNA Reveal How Early Humans Swept Across the Continent
The study of ancient human DNA has not been an equal opportunity endeavor. Early Europeans and Asians have had portions of their genomes sequenced by the hundreds over the past…
Thousands of Genes Influence Most Diseases
In a provocative new perspective piece, Stanford researchers say that disease genes are spread uniformly across the genome, not clustered in specific molecular pathways, as has been thought. The gene…
Racism Aggravates Treatment-Resistant Asthma
Racial discrimination experienced by African-American children and young adults exacerbates a type of asthma known to be resistant to standard treatment, according to a study headed by researchers at UC…