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Scientists have used genome-editing technology to replace a modern gene involved in neurodevelopment with its ancestor that was expressed in Neanderthal/Denisovan populations. The gene has been expressed in brain organoids to study its function. The study findings bring us one step closer to understanding how the modern human brain has evolved.

How often a person takes daytime naps, if at all, is partly regulated by their genes, according to new research.

Past research has indicated that, to some degree, people become deal prone through being taught by their parents. But a new paper, "Born to Shop? A Genetic Component of Deal Proneness," provides evidence that our genes also play a role in causing bargain-hunting enthusiasm.

Researchers analyzed the mutation of a gene detected in a patient who suffered from recurrent anaphylactic shocks caused by the allergy to paper wasp venom. The results revealed a new molecular mechanism that can control the degree of severity in an anaphylactic reaction.

A simple blood test has been developed that can detect a wide range of diseases. The test allows lab technicians to identify and determine the state of the dead cells throughout the body and thus diagnose various diseases including cancers and diseases of the heart and liver.

Researchers have reported a way to train machines to predict the function of DNA sequences. They used "neural nets", a type of artificial intelligence (AI) typically used to classify images. Teaching the neural net to predict the function of short stretches of DNA allowed it to work up to deciphering larger patterns.

A study by researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) reveals the genetic factors that may expose or protect people with Down syndrome from SARS-CoV-2 infection, as well as the prognosis of COVID-19.

Researchers have designed a personalized genomic medicine platform that will help advance genomic medicine research and genome-informed drug discovery projects.

A genetic scoring of schizophrenia-related genes in the placenta can predict the size of a baby's brain at birth and its rate of cognitive development, which, dependent on other factors, may lead to schizophrenia later in life.

A single-cell study has discovered that all neuroblastomas arise from a single type of embryonic cell called sympathoblasts.