Scientists have long known that the DNA code in genes is not the only way to pass genetic traits from parents to offspring. "Epigenetic" marks—chemical modifications to DNA that don't change the DNA ...

Summary: A large genetic study reveals that cannabis use disorder (CanUD) is strongly linked to increased risk for multiple psychiatric disorders, including depression, PTSD, ADHD, and schizophrenia.

The CBSE Class 12 Biology exam, scheduled for March 25, 2025, is a crucial milestone for students aiming to secure high marks ...

The issue of falls poses a significant threat to the health of the elderly population. Although statins can cause myopathy, which implies that they may cause balance problems and increase the risk of ...

aDivision of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA bDepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA cDepartment of ...

Finding effective and safe therapeutic drugs for atrial fibrillation (AF) is an important concern for clinicians. Proteome‐wide Mendelian randomization analysis provides new ideas for finding ...

Multivariable Mendelian randomisation (MVMR) is an instrumental variable technique that generalises the MR framework for multiple exposures. Framed as a regression problem, it is subject to the ...

Whether the positive associations of smoking and alcohol consumption with gastrointestinal diseases are causal is uncertain. We conducted this Mendelian randomization (MR) to comprehensively examine ...

Scientists demonstrated that a gene drive can be used to induce female infertility in the common house mouse, an invasive species in Australia Genetic engineering could eventually be used to control ...

Retinitis pigmentosa is one of the major forms of inherited retinal dystrophy transmitted in all Mendelian and non-Mendelian forms of inheritance. It involves the loss of retinal photoreceptor cells ...

Edited by Andrew Clark, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; received June 29, 2021; accepted November 9, 2021 CG has its theoretical roots in population ...