When discovering drugs for brain disorders, it’s important to test the candidates in multiple ways to avoid advancing those with restricted physiological effects.

A genetic variant may help keep an individual’s “good” cholesterol in check.

New findings point to brain circuitry that communicates about the body’s nutritional status and regulates how nutrients are mobilized.

Low oxygen – and the activation of factors that respond to this situation – may be protective in chronic kidney disease.

Research reveals clues to HIV risk in Chinese men who have sex with other men.

Study finds no evidence of increased mitochondrial mutations in the children of women treated with radiation for cancer.

A new catalog of human genetic data may help researchers uncover the genetic roots of disease and enable the ultimate realization of personalized medicine.