Category: Genetics

Exposure to specific toxins and nutrients during late pregnancy and early life correlate with autism risk

From the The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine press release: Using evidence found in baby teeth, researchers from The Senator Frank R. Lautenberg Environmental Health Sciences Laboratory… Read more »

Scientists identify 100 memory genes, open new avenues of brain study

From the UT Southwestern Medical Center press release: Scientists have identified more than 100 genes linked to memory, opening new avenues of research to better understand memory processing in the human… Read more »

Brain anatomy differs in people with 22q genetic risk for schizophrenia, autism

From the University of California – Los Angeles press release: A UCLA study characterizes, for the first time, brain differences between people with a specific genetic risk for schizophrenia and those… Read more »

Family history of Alzheimer’s may alter metabolic gene that increases risk for disease

From the Iowa State University press release: A new Iowa State University study may have identified the link that explains years of conflicting research over a mitochondrial gene and the risk… Read more »

Gene mutation may speed up memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease

From the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) press release: A gene mutation may accelerate the loss of memory and thinking skills in people who are at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, according… Read more »