This is the first time such results have been achieved in both children and adult patients born with a specific type of ...

Gene therapy has been effective for young children with genetic hearing loss, but this is the first study to show promising ...

Genetic variation also plays a major role. It doesn’t encode trauma itself, but it shapes traits such as sensitivity to ...

Audible sound can affect gene activity in mouse cells, boosting the attachment of muscle precursors to surrounding tissue and ...

Depression and anxiety are the most common psychiatric disorders in the world. Around 300 million people suffer from ...

Deleting a gene called PTEN in certain brain cells disrupts the brain’s fear circuitry and triggers anxiety-like behavior in ...

What can a tiny wasp with a rather gruesome parasitic life cycle teach us about evolution, behavior and human developmental ...

Melanin can either protect or worsen hereditary hearing loss depending on genetic context, as reported by researchers from ...

Researchers have uncovered how losing the autism-linked gene PTEN in a specific set of inhibitory neurons reshapes brain circuits tied to fear and anxiety.

The duration of expression of the gene Cdx2 is tightly regulated by a newly identified DNA sequence element called an “attenuator.” ...