May 6 -- TUESDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- Genetics influence how a person makes a decision based on whether their options are presented to them in a positive or negative way (framing effect) -- such ...

Scientists have been trying to identify the exact causes of Alzheimer's disease for many years, and while we know that pathologies like tau tangles and amyloid plaques are related to the ...

While some genes have been linked to specific disorders, it may not always be clear how changes in those genes can lead to disease. There have been many genes linked to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ...

Potentially more than 90% of Alzheimer's disease cases would not occur without the contribution of a single gene (APOE), ...

A team of researchers led by scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, and the Department of Veterans Affairs has conducted the largest ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

With no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, doctors have repeatedly stressed the importance of knowing your personal risk factors and doing everything you can to protect your brain as you age. In that sense ...

Scientists discovered that aging DNA repeats expand at wildly different speeds—and in some people, the consequences can be devastating. A sweeping genetic study drawing on data from more than 900,000 ...