What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

The investigation was a global endeavor that led to a Post series exposing the Smithsonian's “racial brain collection.” ...

Over 1,000 genes may serve as possible treatment targets for individuals with kidney disease, according to a new study. By creating the most complete and detailed genetic 'map' of kidney function to ...

The default mode network (DMN) is a set of interconnected brain regions known to be most active when humans are awake but not ...

In “Cerebral Entanglements,” Allan J. Hamilton argues that new imaging technologies give us unprecedented access — with ...

Recent studies reveal that the human appendix plays roles in gut microbiota restoration and immunity, contrary to its ...

The zona incerta (ZI) is a deep brain region originally described by Auguste Forel as an “immensely confusing area about which nothing can be said.” Despite the elusive nature of this structure, ...

Pittsburgh has become one of the top places in the world for the treatment of appendix cancer – a rare cancer affecting one in a million people. Many of them were told they had only months to live ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during reproduction. The map marks a major step in the understanding of genetic ...

Kari Stefansson CEO of deCODE genetics talks to Bjarni V. Halldorsson, scientist at deCODE genetics about the paper, complete recombination map of the human-genome. Credit: deCODE genetics The ...

A map of where recombination occurs throughout the human genome now includes both types of variation. A genealogical database has been compiled in Iceland over the course of 30 years. We focused ...

Certain proteins found in the human brain have long been known to be ... have for the first time constructed a detailed structural map of GABA A receptors in the human brain, revealing how they ...