A team of Chinese scientists has conducted the first full assessment of the effects of CRISPR on non-human primates. The study set out to study whether the ...
Pierre Gressens outlines how the microKin project is providing a larger framework to understand MCPH and the patho-mechanisms affecting the cortical size.
Variants of Uncertain Significance (VUS) are genetic variants whose association with a disease phenotype has not been established. They are a common ...
Scientists have shown that common variations in genes associated with microcephaly -- a neuro-developmental disorder in which brain size is dramatically ...
The warrior gene is back. And he's brought along a buddy. This new research on a gene long associated with aggressive behavior raises an old question: What ...
(Medical Xpress)—The BRCA1 gene, known for its role in suppressing the growth of breast and ovarian tumors, could be necessary for brain development.
Response to treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) varies considerably between patients. The International SSRI Pharmacogenomics ...
SLUG SIGNORINOThinking about current events, I often wonder: Is it possible that our species has entered a stage of devolution, or at least that we stopped ...
Every whale and dolphin evolved from a deer-like animal with slender, hoofed legs, which lived between 53 and 56 million years ago. Over time, these ancestral ...
Previous studies have indicated that in adult smokers, a history of childhood pneumonia is associated with reduced lung function and chronic obstructive ...
The Abilene Cowboys were able to endure the light rain that fell the last hour of the Abilene Invitational Track Meet Friday to hold off McPherson and win the ...
Numerical aberration of the centrosome results in chromosome missegregation, eventually leading to chromosomal instability, a hallmark of human tumor ...
Nigeria needs to ramp up training and job creation schemes for university graduates, a leading recruitment agency said on Monday, after a survey indicated ...
By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's opposition on Tuesday rejected a proposal by outgoing President Michel Martelly to form a ...
Scientists have suggested that environmental factors, including maternal ones, can disturb a signalling pathway key for normal brain development and influence ...
