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• Fudan University Researchers Link Cerebral Cortex Architecture to Major Ancestry Gaps in Blood Cancer Risks

  Published: Apr 30, 2026

  Section: Diseases & Conditions

  A genetic study published in Clinical Cancer Bulletin suggests that differences in brain structure, specifically in the frontal regions, may explain why certain blood cancers are t...

• Smoking Linked to Substantial Brain Volume Loss as Experts Warn of Global Cognitive Health Burden

  Published: Apr 7, 2026

  Section: Medical News

  A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis published in Addiction has identified consistent reductions in key brain regions—including the amygdala and gray matter—among to...

• New MPGK Bioinformatics Tool Streamlines Post-GWAS Analysis, Merging Complex Genetic Workflows into a Single Command

  Published: Apr 3, 2026

  Section: Research

  A research team led by Professor Yong Cui at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital has launched MPGK, a command-line tool designed to democratize advanced genomic research. By integr...

• Genetic Study Reveals Divergent Causal Impacts of IL6 and IL6R Biomarkers on Long-Term Human Mortality

  Published: Feb 27, 2026

  Section: Medical News

  A Mendelian randomization study of 750,000 individuals has identified IL6 and IL6R as opposing causal regulators of human survival. Findings published in the journal Aging-US indic...