Researchers said their discovery of nine 'core' genes central to the development of type 1 diabetes could unlock new immune system pathways for targeting by immunotherapies. A team from the University ...

An international study co-led by researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Helmholtz Munich in Germany has uncovered hundreds of genes and proteins likely to play a causal role in ...

Missing genes and sequencing read registration in single-cell RNA-seq experiments. Credit: Nature Methods (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41592-023-02003-w In 2018, researchers in the Caltech laboratory of Yuki ...

Nature and nurture both determine how likely you are to develop a particular disease. Hiroshi Watanabe/DigitalVision via Getty Images Sitting in my doctor’s examination room, I was surprised when she ...

Inherited variations in antibody genes can affect how we respond to infections and vaccines, show two new studies from ...

Advances in human genetics have enabled the investigation of the genetic architecture underlying numerous complex traits. Many publicly available databases establish a binary relationship between ...

The first large-scale genetic study of E. coli's protective armor has identified the five capsule types that are responsible ...

Research uncovering the origin of pineoblastoma, a rare pediatric brain tumor, has also revealed a dependency across multiple brain tumor types that share a similar molecular program. Scientists at St ...

Children with hereditary deafness regained their hearing thanks to a type of gene therapy, a new study published on Wednesday found. In a clinical trial, co-led by investigators from Mass Eye and Ear, ...