GWAS

by Alex Yenkinfigures by Allie Elchert Long before the completion of the Human Genome Project, scientists knew that many common diseases had a genetic component. However, there was debate about the architecture of these genetic effects: were there a…

A new study indicates that anorexia could be, at least partly, a metabolic disorder with a genetic cause. This poses interesting possibilities for future treatments.

by Rebecca Fine figures by Elayne Fivenson The Human Genome Project, one of the most ambitious scientific projects ever undertaken, achieved a monumental goal: sequencing the entire human genome. Since its completion in 2003, this project has laid the…

by Julian Segert figures by Aparna Nathan In Mountain View, California, near the headquarters of Facebook and Google, lies 23andMe, a company that set out to make genetic testing approachable and affordable for the general public. The company started…

Scholastic success cannot reliably be predicted by snippets of genetic code. [Image: ‘School’ from Paradox 56 under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license]Headlines touting a recently discovered link between particular snippets of DNA and academic success…