Yorkshire-based food production giant Cranswick is eyeing further acquisitions as part of its continued expansion strategy, ...

Cats, like any animal, can sometimes act out and misbehave, and a clinical animal behaviourist has explained what causes this ...

Domestication is generally thought to have increased vocal behaviour in cats, so it may seem odd that the version of the gene ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the predominant cause of death globally, accounting for ≈30% of deaths each year. 1 The prevalence of CVD among adults (aged ≥20 years) in the United States was 48.6% ...

Few poor children with autism or intellectual disability are receiving recommended genetic testing, even though guidelines ...

Oral nicotine pouches may have potential for smoking cessation, but scientific evidence on the effects of pouches and their constituents on smoking behaviour is limited. Design This study was a 4-week ...

The first two years of a baby’s life are critical for brain development, and how the brain grows during that time may help ...

This paper discusses the announcement by a team of researchers that they identified a genetic influence for a range of “antisocial” behaviours in the New Zealand Māori population (dubbed the “warrior ...

Gene expression, where cells use the genetic information encoded in DNA to produce proteins, has been thought of as a dimmer ...

BACKGROUND Crohn's disease is a heterogeneous disorder with both a genetic and environmental aetiology. Clinical classifications of the disease, such as the newly proposed Vienna classification, may ...

A global study of nearly one million individuals has identified hundreds of genetic regions linked to socioeconomic status, revealing a shared genetic signal across income, education, occupation, and ...

A large study of identical twins shows that people’s genes affect their sensitivity to life experiences, which in turn makes them more or less susceptible to mental health issues.