Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with ...

Numerous genetic studies have identified many risk variants for type 2 diabetes (T2D)—but which genes and proteins are ...

Missing genes and sequencing read registration in single-cell RNA-seq experiments. Credit: Nature Methods (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41592-023-02003-w In 2018, researchers in the Caltech laboratory of Yuki ...

Our body controls the levels of sugar in our blood with a hormone called insulin, which is made by beta cells in the pancreas. In type 1 diabetes, the immune system erroneously attacks those beta ...

Whether you turn red when drinking alcohol, dislike certain smells, or metabolize drugs differently from others, the explanation often lies in your DNA, or more precisely, your gene types. People ...

Researchers have identified a potential treatment target for a genetic type of epilepsy. Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, UCL and MSD have identified a potential treatment target for a ...

Despite incredible advances in genomics, the NGS data interpretation workflow for hereditary diseases remains challenging. The field is rapidly evolving, and novel findings are uncovered daily, ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones—from fish and frogs to ...

Genetic testing can confirm a muscular dystrophy (MD) diagnosis when symptoms and other tests already suggest MD. It also identifies specific gene mutations that can guide targeted treatment. Genetic ...