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Protesters march outside the White House to call attention to those who have long COVID.

A new clue to the reason some people come down with long COVID

11:56am August 08, 2023

by Max Barnhart

Researchers have found a link between the FOXP4 gene and the occurrence of what's known as long COVID. The finding could lead to a better understanding of a condition that affects millions.

This colorized transmission electron micrograph of a human white blood cell (bottom) shows the HLA antigen — the uneven red areas on the cell's exterior surface. A variant of the HLA gene could play a role in warding off COVID symptoms.

Health & Safety

You know those folks who had COVID but no symptoms? A new study offers an explanation

3:14pm July 20, 2023

Everybody knows someone — maybe it's you — who got COVID but never got sick or who thinks they never got COVID at all. A new study found one possible reason, involving a certain gene and common colds.

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The scientists tested tissue samples from the brains of deceased patients who suffered from autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Major Psychiatric Disorders Have More In Common Than We Thought, Study Finds

5:34pm February 08, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Understanding the molecular basis of major disorders such as autism, schizophrenia and bipolar is hopeful, because it could help in developing better treatments for them.

Burmese python and the DNA sequence responsible for limb loss.

Science

How Snakes Lost Their Legs

2:58pm October 20, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Scientists in Florida say they've pinpointed a genetic process that caused snakes to lose their legs and have found that embryonic pythons still form "cryptic leg skeletons," millions of years later.