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Whole-genome sequencing can be used to diagnose intellectual disability more accurately than other methods of genetic analysis, researchers at Karolinska Institutet report.

Researchers have uncovered the biological mechanism through which a genetic variant protects against type 2 diabetes.

New research suggests that some breeds of dogs have hidden coat colors – and in some cases, other traits – that have been there all along.

Using U.S. transplant registry data, clinical researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine found that kidney transplants between identical twins have high success rates, but also high rates of immunosuppressant use.

A newly-discovered molecular mechanism that allows damaged adult liver cells to regenerate could pave the way for drugs to treat conditions such as cirrhosis or other chronic liver diseases where regeneration is impaired.

Scientists from the UNC School of Medicine and Stanford University have uncovered what may be a fundamental biological mechanism that helps organisms adapt to rapid changes to nutrients in their environments.

New research from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School (HMS) suggests that it may be possible someday to tend to multiple ailments with one treatment.

Researchers have identified that a genetic mutation of the major susceptibility gene for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease may provide protection against the devastating neurological illness.

Researchers report they have developed a new technique that uses light to control the lifetime of a protein inside the cell.

Researchers have completed a detailed deconstruction of the kidney, revealing information about gender differences and more in the organ.