genetics

UCI scientists win $3.5 million grant for bold addiction research

Marquis Vawter, Ph.D., research professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at the UCI School of Medicine, participated in companion studies published in Nature, analyzing regions of the human genome associated with increased risk of schizophrenia. Researchers knew that the disorder carries a 60 to 80 percent inheritability and wanted to determine common […]

UCI professor of developmental and cell biology seeks answers to how genes are regulated

Research to lead to improved personalized medicine and understanding of evolution

Paleontologists have long asked if hippopotamuses and cetaceans – whales, dolphins and porpoises – share a common, amphibious ancestor. The answer, which is no, according to a study published today in Current Biology, was derived by a molecular and genetic analysis of the animals’ hides which are highly adapted to aquatic environments. Co-senior author Maksim […]

New CRISPR-based gene drive approach successfully overcomes issue of resistance in females

UCI co-leads first-of-its-kind research on effect of genes, geography on children’s lives

Research shows vulnerability of sensitive procedure to acoustic side-channel attack

Humans may have gathered them for 15,000 years before cultivating the fruit as a crop