The protein-coding fraction of our genome is like the cast of a Broadway production. Their performance is critical to the success of Biology: The Musical, but a much larger production crew helps ...

For decades, geneticists have known that most common illnesses are not caused by a single rogue gene but by intricate constellations of DNA variants acting together in specific cells. Now a new ...

More than 1,000 genes may serve as possible treatment targets for individuals with kidney disease, according to a new study, published in Science, by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at ...

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ancestry, according to a study published in Nature Communications. Researchers ...

When someone is diagnosed with depression and anxiety, it rarely surprises their clinician. When someone with schizophrenia has mood symptoms, it rarely surprises their family. Comorbidity has always ...

The authors of the study pictured in the facilities housing MareNostrum5, the supercomputer which was critical for processing the vast amounts of data generated by the study. Human gene maps contain ...