A large international study has identified 27 loci in the human genome with genetic variants that increase the risk of ADHD. This is more than twice as many as previous studies have found.

Possible relevance of rare variants in male-pattern hair loss The research involved the analysis of genetic sequences from 72,469 male UK Biobank participants.

The U.S. National Institutes of Health announced 275 million entirely new genetic variants that may explain why certain people are prone to diseases over others.

Genetic variants Cleft lip and cleft palate, also known as orofacial clefts, can be caused by genetic mutations, but in many cases, there is no known genetic cause.

In this work, many genetic variants were assessed simultaneously to reveal more about their cooridinated effects in the brain. The scientists found genetic variants in regulatory portions of the ...

A regulatory variant impacting TBX1 expression contributes to basicranial morphology in Homo sapiens. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.03.012 ...

Candidate genetic variants included in a genetic risk algorithm may not meet standards of reasonable clinical efficacy in identifying opioid use disorder risk, according to a study published in ...

Study: Rare variant analyses in 51,256 type 2 diabetes cases and 370,487 controls reveal the pathogenicity spectrum of monogenic diabetes genes. Image Credit: Billion Photos/Shutterstock.com In a ...