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In a groundbreaking study published in the in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), scientists at Pacific ...

Everyone inherits two copies of the APOE gene, one from each parent, meaning six combinations are possible: ε2 / ε2 is the ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disorder marked by amyloid plaque buildup and cognitive decline, remains a challenging condition to understand at the molecular level. While substantial ...

The development of a child begins during pregnancy, when prenatal environmental factors and genetic influences interact to ...

A new study has developed a powerful computational method that can detect how genes interact with each other to influence complex traits in humans at a scale previously impossible. The new method was ...

As a result of climate change, a multitude of abiotic and biotic stresses are emerging, and their combination, known as ...

At CES 2026, Generative Bionics unveiled the AMD-powered GENE.01 humanoid robot, designed to sense touch and interact safely ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Arun Durvasula, University of Southern California (THE CONVERSATION) Sitting in my ...