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Commonly, environmental factors such as peer pressure are blamed for teenage substance abuse. A new study suggests that to fully understand the problem, we have to look at genetic factors as well.

An unorthodox study challenged volunteers with consuming a high-fat milkshake meal. A subsequent genetic analysis illuminated how genes affect our risk of high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease.

Fat cells can be damaged in a short amount of time when they are exposed to the fatty acid palmitate or the hormone TNF-alpha through a fatty diet, a new study shows. The researchers hope this new knowledge may be used to develop new preventive strategies for diabetes.

Each of our genomes contains millions of one-letter variations called single nucleotide polymorphisms. Researchers have now developed a technique that utilizes these unique features to track cells from different donors.

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an incredibly deadly brain cancer and presents a serious black box challenge. It's virtually impossible to observe how these tumors operate in their natural environment and animal models don't always provide good answers. Researchers have now taken an important step towards meeting that challenge.

Whilst the contribution of gene variants to autism risk is well-established, the contribution of the 98% of the genome that does not code for gene sequences is still relatively unknown. Now, a new study has identified regulatory elements as potential genetic risk factors.

On the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania, Gombe National Park hosts diverse populations of guenon monkeys. A study examining mitochondrial DNA left in their poop has revealed unexpected insight into how these monkeys mate.

Europe’s ash dieback epidemic could have been caused by just one or two mushroom-like fruiting bodies of a fungal pathogen from Asia, according to research published today.

We are used to thinking of DNA in the form of Watson and Crick's double helix, but a new study suggests there may be different shapes of DNA.

When endangered killer whales swim through the sheltered waters of Puget Sound, they leave behind traces of “environmental DNA” that researchers can detect as much as two hours later, a new study has found.