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Genetics is the study of genes and heredity. Heredity is the passing of genetic information and traits (such as eye color and an increased chance of getting a certain disease) from parents to offspring.

Scientists Build a Genetic Score for Alzheimer’s Disease that Works Across Ancestries

Researchers developed a multi-ancestry genetic risk score for Alzheimer's, correlating genetic factors with cognitive performance and brain health markers.

7 Sep 2026

New Understanding of Brain Circuitry Genes Opens Door for Targeted OCD Therapies

A Rutgers-led international team co-authored a study, which was published in Nature Neuroscience, revealing 36 genes significantly increasing the risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and chronic tic disorders. This research offers the most comprehensive biological insight into the development of these conditions and potential future treatments.

4 Sep 2026

Genetic Prediction Tools May Misjudge Mutation Risks, Study Finds

When a patient has their DNA read, it gets compared against a reference version of the human genome. It allows geneticists and rare disease experts to look at a list of places where the patient's DNA differs.

4 Sep 2026

Fruit Fly Egg Chambers Reveal Secrets of Collective Cell Movement

Scientists have long wondered how cells that are organized into sheets begin to move together to form organs, especially when the sheets form closed, sphere-like surfaces and tissues with no edges to direct motion.

3 Sep 2026

AI-Designed Protein Vehicle Enables Lower RNA Dosing While Maximizing Therapeutic Protein Expression

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and TUM have developed Synthetic Transfer Vehicles (STVs), an entirely new class of RNA transporters. To do so, they combined naturally occurring protein building blocks with synthetic protein structures designed using generative AI.

3 Sep 2026

Massive Algal Genome Project Opens New Pathways for Biotechnology

An international team of more than 100 scientists have taken a major step towards unlocking the secrets of some of Earth's tiniest but most important organisms.

2 Sep 2026

Research Evaluates How Protein Production Speeds Impact PROTAC Success

The way cancer-causing proteins accumulate in tumors may influence how effectively a promising new generation of medicines can remove them, a study suggests.

2 Sep 2026

Moving Beyond DNA Sequencing Unlocks New Paths Managing Human Health

Scientists from Gladstone Institutes, UC San Francisco, and Stanford University, in collaboration with Biohub, have unveiled a massive, high-resolution functional map of human immune cells that promises to transform our understanding of how genetics control health and disease.

31 Aug 2026

New Agentex Tool Synthesizes Molecules Without Damaging Natural Machinery

Scientists have been hard at work for more than 20 years to instruct biological systems, such as E. coli cells, to produce proteins they don't naturally do.

27 Aug 2026

New Study Identifies FAM120A as Critical Protein in Tumor Establishment

Researchers investigating the role of progranulin in cancer progression have previously identified the signaling receptor EphA2 as critical in tumor establishment and potential target to enhance the effectiveness of chemotherapy.

26 Aug 2026

Researchers Uncover Novel Method to Increase Key Polycystic Kidney Protein

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited cause of kidney failure.

26 Aug 2026

New Research Links Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors to Hidden Genetics

Two disorders with big names-trichotillomania (repeated hair-pulling) and excoriation disorder (repeated skin-picking)-were the focus of a recent Yale study looking at potential genetic causes.

25 Aug 2026

Bonsai Mapping Software Transforms Complex Biological Big Data Analysis

Modern biology research can now generate valuable data on an unprecedented scale. But there is one major obstacle: making sense of these complex high-dimensional datasets.

24 Aug 2026

Centriolar Satellites Coordinate Crucial Internal Cellular Protein Trafficking Networks

Inside every cell, thousands of proteins must reach the right place at the right time. Helping coordinate this complex logistics network are centriolar satellites-tiny, membrane-less organelles that play important roles in protein trafficking, cell division, and the formation of cilia.

22 Aug 2026