While their paper still faces peer review, a group of researchers have concluded that their study indicates a gene variation may contribute to catastrophic breakdown risk in horses. According to a ...

Researchers have created an artificial intelligence model that can identify which mutations in human proteins are most likely ...

EVE is a deep generative model combining evolutionary and human population data to estimate variant deleteriousness on a proteome-wide scale.

A 19-year-old who was diagnosed with a rare form of motor neurone disease (MND) in August has said it is "disgusting" that ...

Genetic variation in livestock is a critical area of research that underpins modern breeding practices and agricultural productivity. Differences in DNA sequences, including single nucleotide ...

Greenland has changed quickly in the past 25 years. Along with new foods, jobs and habits has come a sharp rise in type 2 ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by repetitive head impacts (RHI). However, ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine’s Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center and Human Genome Sequencing Center investigated the extent to which forms of genetic variation called germline or ...

Researchers have long been at work trying to understand how variations in gene regulation translate into the biology of a disorder such as cancer or heart disease. Now a team led by scientists from ...

New research reveals how a common gene variation boosts salivary enzymes, especially in people with diabetes, hinting at a possible biological link between starch digestion and blood glucose ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A common gene variation explains why many people are not helped by the widely prescribed blood thinner Plavix, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday in a study confirming earlier ...