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Largest-ever genetic study of personality finds 1,260 DNA links to key traits

A sweeping genetic analysis of up to 1.14 million people has identified 1,260 specific DNA variations tied to the Big Five personality traits, making it the largest genomic study of personality to date. The findings, published in Nature, reveal that…

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Scientists publish largest catalog of how human cells read DNA

An international team of scientists has published what they describe as the most comprehensive catalog to date of how human cells interpret their genetic instructions, mapping the DNA-binding preferences of hundreds of transcription factors and revealing how chemical modifications reshape…

Study finds inherited genes steer how DNA damage becomes cancer

A sweeping international study published in Nature on July 22 has provided the first direct evidence that a person's inherited genetic makeup can determine how DNA damage from environmental exposures leads to cancer — and how that cancer evolves over…