Your genetics (traits passed from parents to children) and family history can increase your risk of developing depression. The condition is about 40% heritable (meaning there's a 40% chance of ...

A new, massive study has investigated the genetic basis of depression by analyzing genome sequencing data from 21 groups of human study participants, which included 88,316 confirmed cases of major ...

Genomic risk scores can help predict early-onset depression, but only in conjunction with other factors, new research suggests. Investigators found that polygenic risk score (PRS) had no edge over ...

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In studies that examine the depressed brain, researchers were able to identify specific genes, molecules, brain regions, and cognitive features that are associated with the disorder. The findings will ...

17 new genes associated with a disorder we don't know enough about. Considering how much people don't actually seek help for depression, how do we know that the gene's correlation isn't closer to ...

In a landmark paper on the genetics of major depression, published in Nature Genetics (2018), a large consortium of researchers analyzed genetic data from 135,458 people with MDD, compared with ...

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