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Ó³»­´«Ã½ researchers are engaged in a massive effort to expand genetic diversity in psychiatric research, and to increase low and middle-income countries' capacity for large-scale research. One of their first stops: Africa.

A new computational tool merges cancer genome and protein interaction data to find cancer-fueling mutations more effectively.

By studying an African population underrepresented in most datasets, researchers find genetic complexity of pigmentation varies by latitude

By probing genetic variation, scientists continue to unearth the roots of disease and pave the way for precision medicine.

A new study of inherited genetic risk indicates that common genetic variations throughout the genome act in addition to rare, deleterious mutations in autism-associated genes to create risk for autism.

Single-cell analysis of human brain organoids cultured for more than nine months reveals novel neuron diversity, maturation, and responsiveness — suggesting potential use for modeling brain development and neuropsychiatric disease.

The study of structural variation — large-scale changes in DNA that can, in some cases, refashion entire chromosomes — in the genomic era has lagged behind that of sequence variation. But there’s a growing appreciation of how important structural variants are to human biology and disease. What makes these variants more challenging to study, and what is being done to overcome those challenges?