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Scientists have discovered two distinct types of obesity with physiological and molecular differences that may have lifelong implications for health, disease, and drug response. The study, published ..

About 118.54 million blood donations are collected worldwide [1, WHO]. Knowing your blood type is important for medical reasons, e.g. if you require a blood transfusion or if you want to donate blood..

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is primarily a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting children. However, about two-thirds of those affected will continue to have the condition into adu..

Medicover Genetics attended the 55th edition of the largest genetics conference in Europe, European Human Genetics Conference, held in Vienna, from 11 to 14 June 2022. The main goal of the confe..

In a previous article (Red hair: it’s in your genes), we discussed melanin (made by melanocytes) and the two types of melanin involved in hair and skin pigmentation: eumelanin and pheomelanin. How ..

In genetics, a chimera is an organism or tissue that contains at least two different sets of DNA, most often originating from the fusion of as many different zygotes (fertilized eggs) [1]. The term i..

A recent study indicates a genetic link between Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and multiple gut disorders. The researchers found that people with AD and gut disorders have specific genes in common. The f..