Credit: Lab manager A diverse group of mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and medical scientists has unveiled an unforeseen connection between fundamental mathematics and genetics, shedding light on neutral mutation structure and evolutionary patterns in organisms. Number theory, the exploration of positive integer properties, represents a quintessential form of mathematics. Its apparent abstraction may seem incompatible with the...
Identifying this gene mutation should make detection of heart disease easier when no other health concerns are present. Credit: iStock A group of researchers from UTHealth Houston has pinpointed a mutation in the ACTA2 gene, which has the ability to trigger the accumulation of calcium in artery walls. This process can lead to the early...
Malaria continues to be one of the most lethal illnesses globally Credit: istock Malaria continues to be one of the most lethal illnesses globally. Each year, malaria infections claim the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals, with children under the age of five primarily affected. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a research showing up today in JAMA Network Open, Rady Kid's Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) scientists discovered that the contribution of genetic diseases to infant deaths was greater than formerly recognized. Of 112 infant deaths examined, single-locus (Mendelian) genetic diseases were found to be the most typical antecedent of...
Credit: Joshi et al., Cell Reports, 2022 A new study by researchers in Spain reveals that human "look-alikes" who have comparable face features also tend to share many genetic resemblances, as well as also share certain lifestyle attributes. The research, released in the journal Cell Reports, gives some insight into the molecular genetic mechanisms that add...
Credit: Annelisa Leinbach An increase in genetic regulatory aspects explains how modern humans evolved bigger brains than other hominins. The surface area of the human being's cerebral cortex is more than 3 times the dimension of that of the chimpanzee. Neuroscientists have found that particular gene variants are linked to increases in brain surface area. The...
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a recent research released today in Cell Reports, scientists from the Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute (DKJEI), part of the Krembil Research Institute at University Health Network, have determined anteriorly unknown links between genetic factors in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This neurodevelopmental disorder is associated with a wide variety of physiological...
Digital facial reconstructions by Professor Caroline Wilkinson based on skeletal remains and DNA data. Credit: Caroline Wilkinson. Your ancestors from centuries back may have had genetic diseases that could affect you today-- particularly if you have Ashkenazi Jewish roots. A new study carried out by international scientists suggested that a team of Ashkenazi Jews-- victims of...
Although cats have lived together with humans for millennia, it remains a dogs world. This predisposition has traditionally bled right into science also. It is time for cats to get their day, suggests veterinary medicine expert Leslie Lyons in a Forum published July 28 in the journal Trends in Genetics. Cats, she says, have...
The level to which the brain's wiring aligns with its activity patterns can differ with sex and age and could be hereditary, proposes research published by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The study finds that this alignment might additionally have ramifications on cognition. The results released July 12 in Nature Communications assist shed light on one...
