The findings one day could allow people with multiple mental health conditions to be treated with a single therapy, ...

A nationwide Australian pilot screened more than 10,000 adults aged 18–40 years for high-risk genetic variants linked to ...

Environmental factors such as lifestyle and the medications you take influence the effects your genes have on your body — and can clarify how diseases develop. When you purchase through links on our ...

An estimated 3 million Americans have an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. But ...

An analysis of genetic data from over 900,000 people shows that certain stretches of DNA, made up of short sequences repeated ...

An HIV-derived nucleoside therapy now treats rare genetic diseases by restoring mitochondrial DNA and improving muscle ...

Research co-led by King's College London and Sidra Medicine, Qatar, has produced the most detailed map to date of large-scale ...

At Penn Medicine’s clinic where adults receive genetic counseling and testing, about 9% of patients are Black. By contrast, one in four patients at the cardiology and endocrinology clinics located in ...

Huntington’s disease (HD) is one of those rare conditions that affects not just the patient but the entire family—medically, emotionally and genetically. This inherited brain disorder causes gradual ...

There are some 80 human diseases that in one way or another are considered autoimmune. Perhaps the most common indication of an autoimmune pathogenesis is the presence of circulating antibodies that ...

The study of cacao genetics has provided profound insights into the domestication, diversity and disease resistance mechanisms of Theobroma cacao. Recent advances in genomic sequencing and mapping ...