Genetics And Aging Archives

In a new paper, researchers propose treating health data as essential national infrastructure, balancing patient empowerment, privacy, innovation, and public good.

A geneticist at the UNC School of Medicine has coordinated the development of Mondo, the world’s first standardized rare disease coding tool. Mondo is designed to streamline the diagnosis and treatment planning for millions of patients with rare diseases internationally.

A new study in the lab of Jason Stein, PhD, modeled brain development in a dish to identify cells and genes that influence infant brain growth, a trait associated with autism.

Laura Klinger, PhD, of psychiatry, and Jason Stein, PhD, in genetics, together with Joseph Piven, MD, in psychiatry, received two $4 million grants to study the root causes and improve therapies to help autistic people live happier and healthier lives.

Each year, the Postdoctoral Awards for Research Excellence (PARE) are given in recognition of the research promise demonstrated by individual postdoctoral scholars.

New knowledge of these protein functions will help researchers develop new drug targets for chronic pain, autism spectrum disorders, epilepsy, migraines, and other neurological conditions.

A new update, led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and the Gillings School of Global Public Health, describes major findings from the past half decade in the realm of psychiatric genomics and next steps for researchers.

Researchers pinpoint small molecules that greatly affect differences in heart health in men and women.

Building off previous groundbreaking research, a new study identifies specific genetic variants that have significant impacts on brain development and are shared across eight different psychiatric disorders. Targeting these variants could pave the way for treatments that address multiple conditions at once.

A research team led by Daniel McKay, PhD, associate professor in the Departments of Biology and Genetics, has identified a key focal point in the biological processes that control cell identity and can lead to disease when mutated.

Chris Sayed, MD, professor of dermatology, Yun Li, PhD, professor of genetics and biostatistics, and Karen Mohlke, PhD, professor of genetics, were awarded $2.3 million from the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to study the genetic basis of a chronic skin condition called hidradenitis suppurativa.

The lab of Jason Stein, PhD, associate professor of genetics and member of the UNC Neuroscience Center, has created a controlled model system that could help researchers identify the context-dependent functions of genetic variants that increase one’s risk for developing a psychiatric disorder, such as schizophrenia.

Category: Genetics And Aging

UNC Researchers Call for Governing Health Data as a Public Utility to Unlock Real-World Evidence and Protect Patients

UNC Health Launches Revolutionary Coding Standard to Transform Rare Disease Diagnosis Nationwide

UNC Researchers Build Stem Cell Models to Mimic Early Brain Development

UNC School of Medicine Secures Two Major NIH Grants for Autism Research

UNC Research Announces 2025 PARE Award Recipients

Proteins Important in Neural Communication Have Different Roles Than Previously Thought

A Five Year Update About Psychiatric Genomic Research at UNC

MicroRNA Responsible for Sex Differences in Cardiac Physiology, Disease

Eight Psychiatric Disorders Share the Same Genetic Causes, Study Says

UNC Scientists Discover New Details of Gene Regulation

UNC School of Medicine Researchers Take on Chronic Skin Condition

Researchers Create New System to Decode Genetic Risk for Psychiatric Disorders