12-05-16 Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) have discovered that mice that lack a gene called Snf2l have brains that are 35 per cent larger than normal. The research, led by Dr. David Picketts a...

12-04-17 Du Kang gene is a type of alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme that can dissolve certain toxic substances in alcohol or decaying food. Du Kang is a semi-legendary inventor of liquor. 杜康基因是乙醇脱氢酶的一种，它可以分解酒或腐烂的食物中的有毒物质。传说中杜...

12-03-03 科学家新发现了女性身上的一种离婚基因，这种基因可能导致携带者的婚姻充满矛盾和摩擦。携带这种基因变体的妇女，很难与他人建立亲密关系而不太愿意走入婚姻殿堂。即使与他人结为夫妻，她们的婚姻出现摩擦和战争的概率也高达50%。 If a relationship is filled with ro...

12-02-01 New research from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) might help explain how a gene mutation found in some autistic individuals leads to difficulties in processing auditory cues and paying spatial（空间的） attention to sound. The study has found t...

12-01-13 Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a gene that tells cells to develop multiple cilia（纤毛，睫毛） , tiny hair-like structures that move fluids through the lungs and brain. The finding may help scientists generat...

12-01-05 Psychiatric disorders can be described on many levels, the most traditional of which are subjective descriptions of the experience of being depressed and the use of rating scales that quantify depressive symptoms. Over the past two decades, research...

11-11-27 Against the backdrop of the growing epidemic of obesity in the United States, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have made an important new discovery regarding a specific gene that plays an important role in keeping...

11-11-06 Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects about 1 in 100 children resulting in a range of problems in language, communication and understanding other people's emotional cues, all of which can lead to difficulties in social situations. Boys are three to...

11-10-25 African-Americans with two copies of the APOL1 gene have about a 4 percent lifetime risk of developing a form of kidney disease, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health. The finding brings scientists closer to understanding why...

11-09-15 UCLA life scientists have identified for the first time a particular gene's link to optimism, self-esteem and mastery, the belief that one has control over one's own life -- three critical psychological resources for coping well with stress and depr...