PNB Genetics News & Research
Can We Predict Which Teens Are Likely To Binge Drink? Maybe
By Maanvi Singh
NPR 2 July 2014
More than half of 16-year-olds in the United States have tried alcohol. While many of them learn to drink responsibly, ... Read more »
New strategy could uncover genes at the root of psychiatric illnesses
Science Daily
July 3, 2014
Understanding the basis of psychiatric disorders has been extremely challenging because there are many genetic variants that may increase risk but ... Read more »
Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics: From the Bench to the Clinic
By: Celeste M. Karch, Carlos Cruchaga, Alison M. Goate
Neuron Volume 83, Issue 1
July 2014
Abstract
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a clinically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disease with a ... Read more »
Genetic Mutation May Lead to Autism Subtype
Scientific American
July 3, 2014
CHD8, a gene that regulates the structure of DNA, is the closest thing so far to an “autism gene”.
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Recent Advances in the Epidemiology and Genetics of Bipolar Disorder
Kathlees Ries Merikangas, PhD
National Institute of Mental Health
Genome TV
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Large-scale genomics unveils the genetic architecture of psychiatric disorders
By Jacob Gratten, Naomi R Wray, Matthew C Keller, & Peter M Visscher
Nature Neuroscience 17, 782–790 (2014)
Abstract
Family study results are consistent with genetic ... Read more »
The genetics of music accomplishment: Evidence for gene–environment correlation and interaction
By David Z. Hambrick & Elliot M. Tucker-Drob
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
June 2014
Abstract
Theories of skilled performance that emphasize training history, such as K. Anders Ericsson ... Read more »
The Genomic Revolution and Beliefs about Essential Racial Differences: A Backdoor to Eugenics?
By Jo C. Phelan, Bruce G. Link, and Naumi M. Feldman
Am Sociol Rev. Apr 1, 2013; 78(2): 167–191
Abstract
Could the explosion of genetic research in ... Read more »
Public preferences for the return of research results in genetic research: a conjoint analysis
By Juli Murphy Bollinger, John F.P. Bridges, Ateesha Mohamed, & David Kaufman
Genetics in Medicine
May 22, 2014
Abstract
Purpose:
Recent policies specifying criteria about which individual ... Read more »
Alzheimer’s Disease: The Forgetting Gene
By Laura Spinney
Nature
June 4, 2014
For decades, most researchers ignored the leading genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. That is set to change.
To read the ... Read more »
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