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Credit: selvanegra / iStock / Getty Images Plus Bitter taste sensitivity. The photic sneeze reflex. Earwax type. On the spectrum…

A study by researchers at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), the Broad Institute, and Yale University has identified how specific genetic…

Credit: nopparit / iStock / Getty Images Plus The largest genome-wide association study (GWAS) to date looking at links between…

In genetics, one harmful variant can be enough to cause disease—but two can make it far more severe. One notable…

Credit: EmiliaUngur/Shutterstock Research led by Johns Hopkins University shows some women may carry genetic variants that increase their risk for…

Credit: Kateryna Kon/ Getty Images / Science Photo Library A team of investigators at Penn State College of Medicine reports…

Credit: FatCamera/Getty Images Five key genes have been linked with aggressive or metastatic prostate cancer in men of African descent,…

Credit: Nanoclustering / Science Photo Library / Getty Images The process of variable translation of mRNAs through alternative start codon…

Credit: jadamprostore/Getty Images A novel bioinformatics tool built by researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute is able to identify a…

An international research team led by scientists at the University of Toronto, and at the University of Pittsburgh School of…