For decades, Arieh Warshel, USC Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and a 2013 Nobel laureate, has used computer simulations ...

In a breakthrough study, scientists have discovered that a variant in one gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness – ...

A rare genetic disorder discovered by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and their colleagues can cause brain damage ...

Scientists have discovered the specific genetic mutation that causes a child's brain to deteriorate, resulting in severe ...

Decades of research into autism has revealed this much: There is no simple answer for what causes the condition. Decades of ...

Research links variations in the gene GRIN2A to a higher risk of developing schizophrenia and other forms of mental illness.

The order of cancer-driving mutations—genetic changes—plays an important role in whether tumors in the intestine can develop, ...

Changes to just one gene, called GRIN2A, have now been tied to psychiatric symptoms, including early-onset schizophrenia.

Vaccination programs, though widely used, do not provide sterilizing immunity, threatening vaccinated flocks to harbor ...

Scientists discovered a small protein region that determines whether plants reject or welcome nitrogen-fixing bacteria. By ...

Kipekee, one of the world’s only spotless giraffes, has died at age two. A necropsy is underway as experts investigate.

H3N2, a potent influenza A subtype, is driving significant flu outbreaks globally, causing substantial hospitalizations, ...