This is a case-control study of alcoholism, in which the subjects have been drawn from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA), a large, ongoing family-based study that includes subjects from seven sites around the US. COGA has gathered detailed, standardized data on ...

Triacylglycerols (TGs) are the most abundant lipids in the human body and the primary source of energy storage. Altered TGs are implicated in metabolic syndrome and detailed structural information may provide novel insights into diseases pathology. TGs are comprised of three fatty acyls with vari...

This study is part of the Gene Environment Association Studies initiative (GENEVA) funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute. The overarching goal is to identify novel genetic factors that contribute to addiction through a large-scale genome-wide association study of DSM-IV alcoh...