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The National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging recently awarded a $13.7 million grant to a project led by Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine principal investigators Lindsay Farrer, PhD, chief of biomedical genetics and distinguished professor of genetics, and Richard Sherva, PhD, assistant professor of medicine in biomedical genetics, for research using whole genome sequencing and other approaches to identify genetic factors for Alzheimer disease (AD) i...

Photographed on a private game reserve in central Namibia, this young Angolan giraffe is the first spotless giraffe recorded in the wild in Africa

The new research adds to the 23 genes already identified that - alongside other factors like age and existing conditions - can increase the risk of serious infection.

Research has found a strong genetic link between these two conditions.

By Alisa Boswell-Gore

The use of skin-lightening products is associated with a wide range of complications. Is squamous cell carcinoma one of them?

By Alisa Boswell-Gore

Shared genetics may underlie the common observation that patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease commonly have anxiety or depressive symptoms, and vice versa, an analysis suggests.

1. In this prospective cohort study, 1 out of 500 newborns were diagnosed with a medical condition that was detected via genetic sequencing but was missed by more commonly used biochemical screening tests. Evidence rating level: 1 (Excellent) Newborn screening (NBS) is routinely performed across the world using biochemical testing methods. The effectiveness of genetic

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