Tag: genetics

Holding infants – or not – can leave traces on their genes

From the University of British Columbia press release: The amount of close and comforting contact between infants and their caregivers can affect children at the molecular level, an effect detectable… Read more »

Gene expression study may provide insights into autism, other neurodevelopmental disorders

From the University of California – San Francisco press release: The human brain has been called the most complex object in the cosmos, with 86 billion intricately interconnected neurons and… Read more »

Study suggests genes behind higher education linked to lower risk of Alzheimer’s

From the Karolinska Institutet press release: Using genetic information, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden provide new evidence that higher educational attainment is strongly associated with a lower risk of… Read more »

Study identifies gene variant that protects against Alzheimer’s disease

From the Brigham Young University press release: Research published Wednesday in Genome Medicine details a novel and promising approach in the effort to treat Alzheimer’s disease. Brigham Young University professors Perry Ridge… Read more »

Genetic study links tendency to undervalue future rewards with ADHD

From the University of California – San Diego press release: Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found a genetic signature for delay discounting — the… Read more »

Study suggests potential treatment for autism, intellectual disability

From the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) press release: A breakthrough in finding the mechanism and a possible therapeutic fix for autism and intellectual disability has been made by… Read more »