Canadian researchers have identified the DDX53 gene as a contributor to autism, which opens up a whole new area of ...

Variants in DDX53 and other X-linked genes offer genetic insights into the higher prevalence of ASD in males. A recent study ...

The findings of two new studies which provide even more evidence that complex neurobehavioural conditions like autism ...

In the study, researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Canada and the Istituto Giannina Gaslini in Italy ...

Type 3 diabetes is a controversial name sometimes used to refer to Alzheimer's disease, a type of progressive dementia. Strong links have been made between the two conditions, most notably that ...

How to lower fasting blood sugar if you have diabetes involves a combination of dietary and lifestyle changes, such as exercising regularly, managing your carb and fat intake, getting plenty of sleep, ...

The researchers focused on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which is inherited maternally and provides abundant genetic information that is relatively easy to reconstruct in potential prey species.

Insulin is a hormone made in the pancreas. It regulates the amount of glucose in the blood, and allows your body to use sugar from carbohydrates for energy. Without insulin, sugar can’t get into ...

If children learn their language primarily from their mother, language transmission might follow the evolutionary patterns of their maternally inherited genes (such as X chromosomes and mitochondria) ...

Peer ReviewDownload a summary of the editorial decision process including editorial decision letters, reviewer comments and author responses to feedback. The early branching eukaryote Naegleria ...