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Psychology | Personality
The fusion of two sisters into a single woman suggests that human identity is not in our DNA | Science | EL PAÍS Englis
The biologist Alfonso Martínez Arias defends that genes do not define the uniqueness of a person, citing the example of Karen Keegan, who has two genomes
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
How Genes and Nutrition Relate
Now science is making easier to choose at the grocery store.
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
Is Your Sleep Cycle Out of Sync? It May Be Genetic
Sleep patterns often run in families, and researchers have been identifying genes that influence them.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
NASA’s Twins Study reveals effects of space on Scott Kelly’s health | Science News
Ten research groups studying the twin astronauts found long-term spaceflight can alter a person’s physiology and gene activity.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
James Watson: DNA pioneer and Nobel Prize winner stripped of honors over racist comments - CNN
A Nobel Prize-winning American scientist and DNA pioneer has been stripped of his honorary titles at the laboratory he once led after repeating racist comments in a documentary.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Can Trauma Be Inherited Between Generations? - The Atlantic
A new study on Civil War prisoners adds to the evidence suggesting that our parents’—and even grandparents’—experiences might affect our DNA.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
A new blood test may detect sleep deprivation
Sleeplessness can lead to a number of negative outcomes, from lost work to car crashes, but a new blood test may now be able to measure sleep deprivation.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Molecule deficiency may help diagnose severe depression
New research shows that reduced blood levels of a specific molecule may predict the severity of major depressive disorder and change diagnostic practices.
Psychology | Personality
New Study: The Genetics of Staying in School - The Atlantic
Researchers have found 1,271 gene variants associated with years of formal education. That’s important, but not for the obvious reasons.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
The Medicine of the Future is Here – And It’s Alive! | FTI Journal
The FTI Journal is a quarterly publication from FTI Consulting, Inc., the global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance their enterprise value.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Genetic Testing and Family Secrets
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Psychology | Personality
Inherited Variations in Noncoding Sections of DNA Associated with Autism
A new study has identified an association between paternally-inherited rare structural variants in noncoding segments of genes and the development of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study adds to a growing body of research describing genetic contribut
Science & Technology | Science
Sweeping gene survey reveals new facets of evolution
Who would have suspected that a handheld genetic test used to unmask sushi bars pawning off tilapia for tuna could deliver deep insights into evolution, including how new species emerge?
Science & Technology | Science
Latin America’s lost histories revealed in modern DNA | Science | AAAS
Clues to forgotten migrations of Filipinos, Sephardic Jews emerge
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Trauma travels through generations
Untangling ourselves from the trauma of previous generations is not always easy, but it’s worth it
News | Interesting Links
Changes in gene activity may one day reveal the time of death for crime victims | Science | AAAS
Time-sensitive patterns of gene expression could lead to better forensic tools
Health & Fitness | Health News
Get to know a gene: #HTR2A | GeneSight
What is HTR2A? The 5-HT2A receptor, encoded by the HTR2A gene, is responsible for post-synaptic serotonin signaling and is a target for many antipsychotics and antidepressants.1 Two single nucleotide polymorphisms...
Health & Fitness | Health News
How a Single Gene Could Become a Volume Knob for Pain—and End America's Opioid Epidemic | WIRED
Her skin is perpetually on fire. He can't even feel a bone break. Together they might hold the key to ending America's opioid epidemic.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Study links two genes to breast cancer survival - @Scienmag
Testing for the activity of two genes could pick out women who are at increased risk of dying from their breast cancers, suggests a new study of almost 2,000 patients. Women whose tumours had a spec..
Health & Fitness | Health News
The Effect of Environment on Genes
Lab experiments show how sensitive genes can be to small differences in the environment.
Advice & Self-Help | Empowering Tools for Growth
Being Happy Is Not Just "In Your Genes" - You Need More... -
How the same genes can be linked to both happiness and depression.
Health & Fitness | Health News
Alzheimer’s Gene Affects Early Brain Development, Study Suggests
Changes in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease can be seen as early as childhood in people with a heightened genetic risk, according to a study published in the journal Neurology.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Growing Pains for Field of Epigenetics as Some Call for Overhaul
Studies of so-called epigenetic marks, crucial to our development, have met with growing skepticism over their findings.
Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information
It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are
by Mark Wolynn Traumas Lost and Found The past is never dead. It’s not even past. — William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun A well-documented feature of trauma, one familiar to many, is our inability to...
News | Interesting Links
The First Happiness Genes Have Been Discovered
Study may also offer key insights into depressio
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Is Your Medicine Right for Your Metabolism? - WSJ
A drug that brings relief for some patients might cause harmful side effects in others. More genetic tests aim to help predict how people might respond to many common medications.
Health & Fitness | Health News
The Family Relationship That Could Be Most Responsible For Your Emotional Life - PsyBlog
The ‘corticolimbic system’ plays an important role in mood disorders, such as depression.
Health & Fitness | Health News
An innovative tool to combat depression, back pain
Most startups define big wins as landing a key customer, strategic partner or round of funding. Assurex Health measures victories a bit differently. The Mason, Ohio-based startup defines winning as helping
News | Interesting Links
Scientists Learn How Genes Can Jump Between Species
Scientists have discovered a way by which genes from one species can jump directly into another species—nature’s way of creating genetically modified organisms.
Health & Fitness | Health News
Want Great Longevity and Health? It Takes a Village
Want great longevity and health? It takes a village
News | In the News
Environment Trumps Genes at Shaping Immune System: Study: MedlinePlus
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