In recent years, the number of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been increasing, and there is obvious familial aggregation of T2DM. Pregestational and gestational diabetes mellitus are ...

Mass General Brigham researchers analyzed 4,400 cognitively unimpaired adults with amyloid imaging, finding increased amyloid in those who reported that their mothers had symptoms of Alzheimer’s ...

Some traits come only from your mother, from mitochondrial DNA to intelligence and inherited health risks. The post Traits ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers in France observed that maternal inheritance of familial hypercholesterolemia was associated with ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is highly heritable, and previous research suggests a preferential maternal inheritance of AD. New data confirm this hypothesis but also highlight the importance of ...

Mitochondria are inherited maternally in the vast majority of eukaryotes. Occasional transmission of paternal mitochondria (paternal leakage) can lead to heterochondriomy and recombination between ...

A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham suggests that whether a person inherits risk of Alzheimer's disease from their mother or father influences the risk of biological changes in the ...