Taner, M.D., Ph.D., who leads Mayo Clinic's Precision Medicine in Neurodegeneration Lab, studies complex genetic interactions in Alzheimer's disease.

The Amazon molly reproduces without sex. A genomic copy-and-paste trick called gene conversion may explain how it avoids evolutionary meltdown.

As we move through the world, we leave behind invisible traces of ourselves encased in the hair, skin, and other bodily matter we shed. These tiny pieces of DNA—known as environmental DNA or eDNA—have ...

Background Pharmacogenetics promises better control of diseases such as cardiovascular disease (CVD). Acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin, prevents the formation of an activating agent of platelet ...

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, United States College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, United States ...

Pharmacogenomics is central to the advancement of personalized medicine, promising improved treatment efficacy and reduced adverse effects through the integration of genetic insights into clinical ...

One disease that arises from disruptions in the cell cycle is cancer. After a series of events, a normal cell begins to divide uncontrollably and becomes a tumour cell. Breast tumours are a complex ...

OBJECTIVE: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a chronic liver disease and a growing global epidemic. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between a visfatin gene (NAMPT) variant ...

A new Alzheimer's study has produced a first-of-its-kind genetic map, which could provide vital insights into the cause-and-effect sequences of gene activity that may be driving the disease in the ...