Scientists find hundreds of inherited DNA patterns that defy classic Mendelian genetics

For more than a century, heredity has been framed through the tidy logic of Mendel’s pea plants: traits pass from parent to ...
Forbes

Unlocking The Genetic Code: AI Reveals New Insights Into Psychiatric Disorders

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Recent breakthroughs in genetics research may have uncovered new genes underlying common psychiatric disorders. Schizophrenia and ...

Epigenome, a second genetic code, mapped by scientists

Scientists for the first time have mapped out the molecular "switches" that can turn on or silence individual genes in the DNA in more than 100 types of human cells, an accomplishment that reveals the ...

Researchers try to cut the genetic code from 20 to 19 amino acids

Most hypotheses suggest that earlier forms of life had partial genetic codes and used fewer than 20 amino acids. To test ...

DNA had one rule. Bacteria didn’t get the memo

Every cell in every organism on Earth copies DNA the same way. Except one bacterial protein — quietly doing something ...
Medical Xpress

Study suggests genetic mutation in some Ashkenazi Jewish men may be linked to higher prostate cancer risk

Identifying and classifying gene mutations—which are the permanent changes in a person's DNA genetic code—are critical in better understanding, and with research, eventually treating or preventing, ...
Kaleido Scope

What is DNA, and why it’s a key to understanding life, health, and disease: UAB experts explain how our DNA shapes who we are

DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but what does that really mean? Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics in the Heersink School of Medicine, explains everything ...