Although primarily influenced by environmental and social factors, years of schooling are also influenced by genes associated with cognitive function

Why do individuals respond differently to the same environment? 

Increased content provides even more flexibility for customization

Researchers have identified unexpected new key players in the development of an early onset form of Parkinson's disease called Parkinsonism

The fruit fly is a laboratory animal model that works as a "living test tube" in which researchers can test the roles genes might play in human conditions

Protein "proofreading" errors lead to neurodegenerative disease

Two UCLA researchers have come up with a computational tool that increases the reliability of measuring how strongly genes are expressed in an individual cell, even when the cell is barely reading certain genes

A comprehensive study looking at variations in Ichthyosaurus, a common British Jurassic ichthyosaur, also known as Sea Dragons

The light-activated genetic switch could be used to turn genes on and off in gene therapies

How empathic we are is not just a result of our upbringing and experience but also partly a result of our genes