Utah study: Cells playing favorites with one parent’s DNA may increase vulnerability for mental illness

Researchers dig into the idea that choosing Mom or Dad’s DNA may lead to defects.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Wei-Chao Huang works in Gregg's lab at the University of Utah. The team has been hard at work the last four years to find proof against a principle notion in genetics -- that gene copies from a mother and father are treated the same. Their research has found that some genes in the brain, as well as other regions in the body, preferentially activate one copy over the other. Wednesday, March 1, 2017.

Utah study: Cells playing favorites with one parent’s DNA may increase vulnerability for mental illness

Researchers dig into the idea that choosing Mom or Dad’s DNA may lead to defects.

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