Kazakh genetic risk scores transfer unevenly, study finds
A study of 470 ethnic Kazakh individuals found that only one of four published polygenic scores for coronary artery disease ...
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Children’s education-linked genetic scores differ in ties to mental health within families
A study of 3,223 UK parent-offspring trios finds that cognitive and non-cognitive education-related polygenic scores show different associations with children's ...
Genome re-identification attack works in theory but falters in practice
A new probabilistic study shows that re-identifying anonymized genomes from predicted traits achieves high precision only under unrealistically favorable assumptions, ...
Nearly 1 million genomes reveal what an average human genome contains
An analysis of 879,461 adult genomes found approximately 4.3 million to 5.3 million small variants per person, alongside de novo ...
Genes and Epigenetics Together Shape the Biology of Elite Endurance
A new review synthesizes genetic and epigenetic evidence showing that endurance performance is a polygenic, dynamically regulated trait shaped by ...
Genetic Signals of Social Behaviour Shift With Age, Reporter and Context
A large genome-wide meta-analysis shows that the genetic architecture of social behaviour in humans varies systematically with behavioural domain, reporter, ...
Statistical Imputation of Intelligence Scores Expands Genetic Discovery in UK Biobank
Researchers statistically imputed fluid intelligence scores for hundreds of thousands of UK Biobank participants, reducing ascertainment bias and uncovering 26 ...
Genes May Shape the Environments That Shape Our Minds, Massive Study Finds
A study of over 300,000 UK Biobank participants finds that polygenic scores for psychiatric conditions predict exposure to environmental risk ...
Genetic Map of Childhood Obesity Reveals Variants That Act Only in Early Life
A landmark genome-wide study of nearly 600,000 individuals identifies 624 genetic signals for childhood adiposity, many of which act only ...
Birth Cohorts and Bias Distort How Genes Shape Traits Across Age
A large UK Biobank analysis shows that cross-sectional and longitudinal studies yield directionally consistent but systematically different estimates of age-varying ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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