A large-scale study has found that women have a higher genetic risk for developing post-traumatic stress disorder, while unique life experiences also play a key role in developing the disorder.

Cutting early life exposure to parental smoking may lower the risk of developing MS (multiple sclerosis) in those who are genetically predisposed to the disease, finds research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

Living in a family where there is genetic risk for dementia significantly affects choices about having children and how to parent, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

New research shows that microglia—the brain’s immune cells—respond more strongly to alcohol in people with a high genetic risk for alcohol use disorder. The findings offer insight into how inherited factors can shape brain responses to alcohol exposure.

A new study finds that while severe childhood trauma often leads to early alcoholism, specific genetic variants are more closely linked to the disorder developing later in life.

The findings could explain why some people are more susceptible to cancer than others in the same environment and suggest that future cancer prevention and screening strategies may need to account more carefully for inherited genetics and population diversity.The…

Alzheimer's Research & Therapy - Blood-based biomarkers (BBBM) for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are entering clinical practice with new clinical practice guidelines and the first...