Genetics News

In the classic dichotomy of nature vs. nurture there exists a separation of views among philosophers and biologists as well as psychologists and geneticists.

Warburg Micro syndrome is a rare genetic disease characterized by eye, brain and endocrine abnormalities. Scientists report that they have discovered the cause of the disease.

Researchers have announced that they have discovered two new giant viruses. Scientists think that these viruses could be a missing link between cells and viruses.

Using mice genetically engineered to display symptoms of schizophrenia, scientists have uncovered a faulty brain mechanism that may underlie schizophrenia.

California-based genetic testing company 23andMe has been awarded a patent which will allow couples to predict the ideal characteristics that they want to have in their baby .

Any idea to recreate a dinosaur from extracted DNA has taken a step backwards. Researchers have found that extracting dinosaur DNA from insects embedded in ancient amber is probably impossible.

For many years, the woolly mammoths have vanished from the Earth, while remnants of theses beast are preserved in Siberian glaciers. Recently, the blood of an extinct Siberian mammoth was found and scientists believe they can resurrect these beasts.

Scientists recently identified the five psychiatric disorders that share a common genetic link: bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, autism and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Two U.S. government-funded organizations have teamed up in an effort to predict risk of premature birth using big data and genetic information.

Scientists have developed a new approach which may one day be able to treat the degenerative eye disease Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON). The new approach borrows from the microbial world.