Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating progressive motor neuron disease that
affects people of all ethnicities. Approximately 90% of ALS cases are sporadic and thought …

The sociogenomics revolution is upon us, we are told. Whether revolutionary or not,
sociogenomics is poised to flourish given the ease of incorporating polygenic scores (or …

Objective: Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common subtype of major depressive disorder
(MDD) that is more heritable, yet is understudied in psychiatric genetics. The authors …

From its earliest days, the field of human genetics has had a complex, and at times troubling,
connection with racist ideologies. Although the modern field of human genetics and …

Background Schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BIP) are debilitating
neuropsychiatric disorders, collectively affecting 2% of the world's population. Recognizing …

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Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have ushered in a new era of reproducible
discovery in psychiatric genetics. The field has now identified hundreds of common genetic …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) revolutionized our understanding of common
genetic variation and its impact on common human disease and traits. Developed and …

Twenty years after the publication of its first draft sequence, the Human Genome Project
(HGP) has had a profound effect on biomedical research—at the bench, on the computer …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neuroimmunological disorder of the CNS with a strong heritable
component. The genetic architecture of MS susceptibility is well understood in populations of …