Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have identified associations between bipolar disorder and rare loss-of-function variants ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, reveal today in Nature Genetics associations between bipolar disorder and rare loss-of-function variants in two genes.

Genetics is the branch of science concerned with genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms. It seeks to understand the process of trait inheritance from parents to offspring, including ...

The nature vs. nurture debate in psychology centers on such questions. It asks whether genetics, environmental factors, or a combination of both are responsible for all of our unique behaviors ...

Nature, first published on 4 November 1869, is ranked the world s most cited interdisciplinary scientific journal by the Science Edition of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports. Most scientific ...

“Nature” means innate biological factors (namely genetics), while “nurture” can refer to upbringing or life experience more generally. Traditionally, “nature vs. nurture” has been ...

Kari Stefansson and Thorgeir Thorgeirsson discuss the paper -Rare loss-of-function variants in HECTD2 and AKAP11 confer risk of bipolar disorder - published in Nature Genetics.

Genetics research is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of the role of genes in traits such as the development of disease. It has a key role in identifying potential targets for ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, reveal today in Nature Genetics associations between rare ...