A man sits outside and holds a slim menthol cigarette between his fingers. Close-up with focus on the cigarette. The study provided a comprehensive examination of how lifestyle and environmental ...

Thousands of children with severe developmental disorders have benefited from more targeted treatments and support with genetic insights from the large-scale Deciphering Developmental Disorders (DDD) ...

Genetics and heredity are complex subjects, especially for children. It's not easy to explain to youngsters what DNA is, what it's used for, or the principles of recessive and dominant genes. As part ...

The blueprint of who we are begins with the genes passed down from our parents. While these inherited traits give us our eye color and height, they can also contain instructions that increase our risk ...

While the kids with higher melatonin-related genetic risk had more delayed sleep onset (the time it takes to fall asleep), the analysis showed that this didn’t explain the link between genetics and ...

Researchers at the University of Tasmania's Menzies Institute for Medical Research have received a $2.7milion grant for a new ...

Learning that your child has neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) comes with a range of emotions and practical concerns. While many people diagnosed with NF1 will have a normal life expectancy, the ...

Researchers at Princeton University and the Simons Foundation have identified four clinically and biologically distinct subtypes of autism, marking a transformative step in understanding the condition ...

This post is the third in the series “Connecting Biology to Behavior: Inside the ADHD Brain.” Read the first post to learn about the role of dopamine in ADHD behaviors and the second post to learn ...