Differences in the physical shape and wiring of the brain can directly contribute to the development of attention and social ...

Multiple new studies are advancing understanding of autism spectrum disorder by linking specific genes, brain structures, and prenatal factors to its development. Research spans from identifying rare ...

When a gene is turned on in a cell, it creates a ripple effect along the DNA strand, changing the physical structure of the ...

The genome is more than a linear code; it is a dynamic structure whose three-dimensional folding dictates how genes are regulated. Traditional sequencing technologies capture base-level variation but ...

Most hypotheses suggest that earlier forms of life had partial genetic codes and used fewer than 20 amino acids. To test ...