A New Scientific Field Is Recasting Who We Are and How We Got That Way
The New Science of Nature and Nurture.” Since Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” 150 years ago, the ...
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What Are Genetic Breast Cancer Mutations?
Most of the time, genes that lead to the disease mutate sometime during your life and aren’t an inherited problem. But in about 5% to 10% of cases, the cause is hereditary. This means that the ...
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Q&A: ‘We are not as good as we think’ at identifying genetic conditions in babies
Researchers at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's found that using exclusion-based criteria to refer infants ...
Genetic factors in women's health studied using data from 300,000 participants
A large genome-wide association study meta-analysis analyzed data on 42 female reproductive health diagnoses from the ...
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What Causes Autism?
Genetics contribute more to the condition than do environmental factors. Autism is highly heritable, and people who have a sibling with autism are more likely to have autism themselves.
Scientists Just Discovered New Genes Linked To Alzheimer's. Here's What They Want You To Know.
However, Dr. Segil says there is an existing test for Alzheimer’s disease, called the APOE4 gene test or just APOE test. The ...