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fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

How Mental Illness Leaves Its Mark on the Brain

Yet these experiences do not float free of the body. They are grounded in the brain itself. With its folds, ridges, and layers, the brain carries both the machinery of thought and the marks of our genetic inheritance. A new study shows just how deeply the two are connected. The very genes that increase vulnerability to psychiatric disorders also help shape the brain's physical architecture.
Psychology
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Women carry a higher genetic risk of depression, new study says

Females carry a higher genetic burden for major depression, with more sex-specific genetic variants and stronger genetic links to metabolic traits than males.
Science
fromInfoQ
6 months ago

Google DeepMind Unveils AlphaGenome: A Unified AI Model for High-Resolution Genome Interpretation

AlphaGenome is a new AI model that predicts the effect of genetic variants on gene regulation across the genome.
Parenting
fromNature
6 months ago

Fetal and parental genomes offer mechanistic insights into pregnancy loss

Genetic analysis of pregnancy loss reveals that chromosomal abnormalities and subtle variants significantly contribute to early pregnancy loss in many cases.
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