Dietary factors are one of the major environmental components that are considered as risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Specifically, fatty acids in our diet are known to increase HDL-cholesterol...Read More

Telomeres are nucleoproteins present at both ends of each chromosome that play a vital role in maintaining genome stability. Specifically, they protect the human genome from unnecessary degradation, recombination, and...Read More

How different are we genetically? No two humans are identical with respect to their DNA sequences. The complete stretch of DNA is present within 23 chromosome pairs in individuals: one...Read More

The UK Biobank project is an open source large scale epidemiological project aimed at prospectively collecting data on large number of phenotypes and genotypes across large number of individuals (1)....Read More

Education and health Each of us has a different learning and recall ability and the chances of a person with good cognitive performance doing well academically are extremely high. There...Read More

  What is DNA testing? Most of us know the term ‘DNA testing’, also known as genetic sequencing, from its use in crime solving and in paternity disputes (1). However,...Read More