A massive genetic analysis of more than 6 million people is revealing new clues about why mental health disorders frequently overlap.

Genetic risk in mental illness is not equal, with some disorders highly distinct and others sharing broad inherited vulnerability.

Doctors warn cousin marriages raise birth defect risk 2-2.5x due to shared recessive genes; genetic counselling can help reduce risks.

Researchers analyze 2.2 million genomes to show that addiction risk is primarily driven by broad genes affecting brain wiring ...

Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have traced a rare premature aging condition in a young Malaysian man to a ...

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Genetic problems cause about 14% of cerebral palsy cases, and many of the implicated genes control the wiring of brain circuits during early fetal development, new research shows. The largest genetic ...

When the Human Genome Project was completed back in 2003, its top researcher Dr. Francis Collins, now the head of the National Institutes of Health, referred to it as “the first draft of the human ...

With genetic rescue, introducing unrelated individuals from another population can alleviate these genetic problems." "It allows natural selection to increase the amount of beneficial genetic material ...

It’s well known that experiencing adverse events in childhood (such as maltreatment, domestic violence, or parental substance abuse) is associated with mental health problems. But, despite decades of ...