Suuri kansainvälinen tutkimus on löytänyt uusia fibromyalgialle altistavia geneettisiä riskitekijöitä. Löydös auttaa ymmärtämään fibromyalgian syntyä ja voi vauhdittaa uusien hoitojen kehittämistä.

Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is the most common liver condition that occurs during pregnancy and is characterised by a disruption in the normal flow of bile from the liver. A new int...

Polygenic risk scores can identify individuals at substantially increased risk of developing glaucoma and those whose disease is likely to progress more rapidly. A new screening model based on these f...

Tutkijat tunnistivat kymmeniä uusia geneettisiä riskitekijöitä lannerangan selkäydinkanavan ahtaumalle.

Tulokset korostavat immuunijärjestelmän, beeta-amyloidin, tau-proteiinin sekä rasva-aineenvaihdunnan keskeistä roolia Alzheimerin taudissa.

Helsingin yliopisto on tunnistanut neljä tutkimuksen kärkeä, jotka kokoavat yhteen yliopiston tutkimuksen vahvuudet. Kärjet yhdistävät ihmis-, elämän- ja luonnontieteellistä huippututkimusta ja vastaavat aikamme keskeisiin haasteisiin.

Researchers pinpoint genetic factors linked to both higher risk of a common autoimmune disorder and lower cancer risk

Suomen Punaisen Ristin Veripalvelun biopankista palautettiin tietoa riskistä sairastua hemokromatoosiin eli tautiin, jossa elimistöön kerääntyy liikaa rautaa.

Genetic differences may influence the risk of infection with the highly transmissible Omicron variant, and the patterns differ from earlier coronavirus variants, according to a new large international...

A major genetic risk factor for delirium has been identified in a landmark study that analysed the DNA of more than one million people worldwide.

HPI researchers Dr. Henrike Heyne, Julian Wanner and their team discover gene variant that acts like heart medication. Their study has now been published.

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation and other cardiac arrhythmias pose a major public health burden, but prevention remains difficult. We investigated a genetic variant that we found to act like a natural...

Depression in young adulthood has a stronger hereditary component and is associated with a higher risk of suicide attempts than depression that begins later in life, according to a new study published...

FinnGen is proud to welcome Alnylam Pharmaceuticals as its newest industry partner. As the 15th pharmaceutical company to join the public-private partnership, Alnylam brings world-leading expertise in...

NPH-taudin genominlaajuinen tutkimus on ensimmäinen laatuaan maailmassa ja sen tulokset tarjoavat merkittävästi uutta tietoa taudin geneettisistä tekijöistä.

Large biobank projects such as FinnGen have enabled systematic searches for inherited factors that causally influence a wide range of human traits, including cancer risk and outcome. These explorations provide genetic insights for various aspects of cancer research, including improved risk prediction, enhanced biomarker and drug target discovery, and personalized medicine.

Results based on the FinnGen data are presented in almost 40 talks or posters during the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) in Boston, October 14-18. We also have a b...

We examined disease associations for sex chromosome trisomies (SCTs) by performing a phenome-wide association study in 2,769 individuals with SCT (47,XXY: 1,319; 47,XYY: 1,108; and 47,XXX: 342). Many ...

A new study has identified genetic variants linked to brain function, immune defence and metabolism that contribute to the development of frailty in older people. The study, published in Nature Aging ...