Interview by Michel Martin with Crystal Hoyt NPR April 22, 2014 Does thinking about obesity as a disease lead to bad diet choices? A new study suggests ... Read more »

By Dalila Pinto et al April 24, 2014 The American Journal of Human Genetics Open Access Abstract Rare copy-number variation (CNV) is an important source of risk for autism ... Read more »

By Ashleigh E. Schaffer et al April 24, 2014 Cell 157:3 Abstract Neurodegenerative diseases can occur so early as to affect neurodevelopment. From a cohort of more than ... Read more »

By: Anne Jorde et al May 15, 2014 Biological Psychiatry 75:10; 790-797 Abstract Two genome-wide association studies recently showed alcohol dependence to be associated with a single-nucleotide ... Read more »

By: Jehannine Austin, Angela Inglis, and George Hadjipavlou May 2014 American Journal of Psychiatry 171:5; 584-5. In a letter to the editor, the authors comment on Gershon ... Read more »

By: Annapurna Poduri, Beth Rosen Sheidley, Sara Shostak, and Ruth Ottman April 15, 2014 Nature Reviews: Neurology 10:4 Abstract In the past two decades, the number of ... Read more »

By: Julia P. Owen et al. April 30, 2014 The Journal of Neuroscience 34:18; 6214-6223 Abstract Copy number variants (CNVs) of the chromosomal locus 16p11.2, consisting of either ... Read more »

By Sven Sandin et al May 7, 2014 Journal of the American Medical Association 311:17;1771-1777 Abstract  Importance  Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) aggregates in families, but the individual risk and to ... Read more »

The Economist May 10, 2014 A potent source of genetic variation in cognitive ability has just been discovered. Click here to read article. Read more »

By Diana E. Schendel, Therese K. Grønborg, and Erik T. Parner May 7, 2014 Journal of the American Medical ASsociation 311:17;1738-1739. In a letter to the editor, ... Read more »