Your genes play a huge role in what makes and shapes your entire existence. Since you inherit your genes from your parents, ...

A combination of human pedigree analysis and fruit fly genetics has identified a gene variant that appears to prevent PIGA-CDG, a rare but serious seizure disorder. The findings could ultimately lead ...

Cancer cells have special adaptation mechanisms that allow them to proliferate despite changes in their genetic makeup.

More than half of all men with Klinefelter syndrome (KS) are unaware that they have the condition. Among those who do receive ...

Gene editing is already being used to treat a handful of rare genetic diseases; however, most therapies involve breaking or ...

The blanket of smog that covers multiple developed and developing cities around the world — including our nation’s capital — ...

"Our phone conversation sounded like a price negotiation in the final hour of a flea market as I bargained for my old ...

The stories of two couples who were wrongly told their unborn child had fetal abnormalities - and what happened next. It is a ...

People with shorter telomeres, the protective caps at the end of chromosomes ... their ability to protect genetic material inside the chromosome. This leads to greater cell aging and increased ...

Rates of genetic testing for autism and intellectual and development disorders were associated with race, gender, and insurance company.

Future studies need to determine if these polymorphisms determine genetic susceptibility to diseases that are associated with them. We hypothesized that there would be common, large genetic variations ...