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What Causes Cleft Lip and Palate? A Genetic Clue Emerges

Researchers have found that a defect in the processing of tRNAs may contribute to the development of cleft lip and cleft palate—two of the most common craniofacial malformations.

Gal Haimovich, PhD

2.6.2025

4 minutes

Science news Behavior and Psychology

Are Mental Disorders Linked to Childhood Trauma?

A study involving thousands of twin pairs explores whether mental disorders are caused by genetics, environment, or both.

Tal Fisher

9.9.2024

6 minutes

Science Panorama Biology

Inherited Troubles – A Look At Hereditary Diseases

What are hereditary diseases and syndromes? Exploring the unpleasant side of the genetics we inherit from our parents

Abigail London

16.5.2024

11 minutes

Science Panorama Medicine and Physiology

Losing One’s Head to Fear: Understanding Phobias

What does science have to say about the factor and dynamics of prominent phobias?

Alexandra Avrutin

2.1.2024

15 minutes

Ask the expert Medicine and Physiology

Does the Environment Affect Our Height?

Our final height is mainly a result of genetics, but the place we live in also has quite an effect

Yael Korem

3.5.2023

3 minutes

Brainwash General Knowledge

Brainwash – What is Smog?

Where is the conjunctiva found? When did humans start using fire? A Scientific Trivia

Ettay Nevo

13.11.2022

1 minutes

Ask the expert Biology

Why Is Blood Type O the Most Common?

There seems to be apparent evolutionary advantage for one blood group over another. How did type O blood become the most prevalent?

Tal Levin

23.2.2022

5 minutes

Ask the expert Biology

The Genes Behind Color Vision

What causes color blindness, and why are there so many more color-blind men than women?

Yonat Eshchar, PhD

28.6.2021

4 minutes