Justin Jackson

A collaborative study by researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and Illumina has showcased the exceptional capabilities of the DRAGEN (Dynamic Read Analysis for GENomics) platform in comprehensive genome analysis.

A team of researchers led by Duke University, the University of California San Francisco, and the Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope have engineered odorant receptors to reveal the molecular basis of odor discrimination.

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and collaborating institutions have found that overnutrition leads to insulin resistance and metabolic disorders through increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS). ...

Peking University-led researchers have modified an existing treatment for liver disease that does not cause itchiness, a common side effect of existing treatments.

They strike in the middle of the night without warning. A painful contraction of the calf muscle wrenches sleepers out of dreamland and throws them into a Greco-Roman wrestling match with an unseen opponent. The dreaded leg ...

A study by the University of Pennsylvania and researchers from 26 U.S. children's hospitals has linked elevated body mass index (BMI) to a significantly higher risk of developing post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection ...

University of Montreal and McGill University researchers in Canada have identified a significant association between hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) and higher risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes, as well as long-term health ...

Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet researchers have identified 45 proteins in the blood that are associated with the risk of myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack.

Montana State University and Universidad de los Andes researchers have detected a significant imbalance in the distribution of tetrapod reference genomes. They find a disproportionate concentration of studies in high-latitude ...

Scientists from the University of Dundee and the University of Vermont have identified two compounds that could lead to effective treatments for cryptosporidiosis (Crypto). The disease disproportionately affects children ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have discovered that a genetic risk score can predict how Black individuals with hypertension respond to the blood pressure medication chlorthalidone and their likelihood of ...

A collaboration of researchers led by Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, is urging caution when prescribing off-label glucose-lowering drugs to individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Broad Institute-led research has revealed that deletions in the CHASERR gene cause a distinct neurodevelopmental disorder resulting in severe encephalopathy, cortical atrophy, and cerebral hypomyelination.

A team at the University of Warwick is suggesting that human kissing evolved from grooming behaviors observed in ancestral great apes. In a study, "The Evolutionary Origin of Human Kissing," published in Evolutionary Anthropology, ...

Cesarean deliveries were 47% less likely among Medicaid enrollees who received doula care, according to research conducted by US health care insurance provider Elevance Health, Inc. Women with doula support also had a 29% ...