A long-overlooked stretch of the human genome appears to play a distinct role in shaping the social and stereotypic ...

A long‑overlooked stretch of the human genome appears to play a distinct role in shaping the social and stereotypic ...

New gene link: Scientists found PTCHD1-AS, a non-coding gene on the X chromosome, tied to social and repetitive behaviors in autism. Unique impact: The gene affects behavior without altering learning ...

Almost 1,500 genes have been implicated in intellectual disabilities; yet for most people with such disabilities, genetic causes remain unknown. Perhaps this is in part because geneticists have been ...

A new study identifies PTCHD1-AS as a key non-coding gene that shapes social and repetitive behaviors in autism without affecting cognition.

Biologists have long puzzled over why organisms with similar numbers of protein-coding genes can differ so dramatically in ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and collaborators at the University of Bristol, KU Leuven, and the NIHR BioResource, have identified a neurodevelopmental disorder, caused ...

A routine experiment with a new single-cell DNA sequencing method turned into a surprising scientific twist when researchers ...

Researchers have revealed that so-called ‘junk DNA’ contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to Alzheimer’s disease. When people picture DNA, they often imagine a set of genes ...

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