Tag: genetics
Uncovering the genetic basis of mental illness requires data and tools...
Hailiang Huang, Harvard University
Mental illness is a growing public health problem. In 2019, an estimated 1 in 8...
Excelling as a musician takes practice and requires opportunities – not...
Bryan Nichols, Penn State
What makes talented musicians so good at what they do?
There’s plenty...
Excelling as a musician takes practice and requires opportunities – not...
Bryan Nichols, Penn State
What makes talented musicians so good at what they do?
There’s plenty...
Cotton breeders are using genetic insights to make this global crop...
Serina Taluja, Texas A&M University
Products derived from the cotton plant show up in many items that people use...
How mRNA and DNA vaccines could soon treat cancers, HIV, autoimmune...
Deborah Fuller, University of Washington
The two most successful coronavirus vaccines developed in the U.S. – the Pfizer and...
Mixed-ancestry genetic research shows a bit of Native American DNA could...
Diane Xue, University of Washington and Hanley Kingston, University of Washington
Since the human genome was first mapped, scientists...
In fish, parents’ stressful experiences influence offspring behavior via epigenetic changes
Jennifer Hellmann, University of Dayton
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
3 medical innovations fueled by COVID-19 that will outlast the pandemic
Deborah Fuller, University of Washington; Albert H. Titus, University at Buffalo, and Nevan Krogan, University of California, San Francisco
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
