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A study published last week in Nature Neuroscience has described for the first time a mechanism by which stressful events in infancy can alter gene expression in later life Murgatroyd et al. (2009) 8

New publications have shed light on some of the genetic factors involved in obesity, (defined as a body mass index or BMI greater than 30 kg/m2). Two papers in Nature Genetics report the associati

Schizophrenia is a group of psychiatric conditions manifesting as hallucinations, paranoid delusions, and/or disorders of thought. A genetic basis for schizophrenia has long been suspected with twin s

A new birth cohort research facility is to be launched as a resource for the study of the effects of economic, social and biological factors on human behaviour. A collaborative venture between the Eco

A free, online database is now available that might help efforts to identify genes associated with an increased risk of bipolar disorder. This serious condition, also known as manic-depressive illness

A new centre is to be established by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in the US to study the genetics of common psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (see press release). Schiz

Researchers have published the genome sequence and analysis of the western honeybee, Apis mellifera [Honeybee Sequencing Consortium (2006) Nature 443, 931-949]. This is the third insect genome to be s

A paper published in the new Royal Society journal Biology Letters reports on a classical twin study to investigate genetic factors in female orgasmic dysfunction. Sexual dysfunction among

A new initiative, the NEWMOOD project, was launched at the annual Human Genome Meeting in Berlin last week. The project is a multinational study into the genetics of depression and mood disorders. A t

The US National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) recently announced the formation of a new Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB), due to open in January 2005 as part of the new Social an