Dravet syndrome and other developmental epileptic encephalopathies are rare but devastating conditions that cause a host of ...

A team of Chinese scientists has used targeted gene editing to develop rice that produces coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), a vital ...

In Europe alone, approximately 2 million people live with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), and their incidence has ...

MaizeCODE is a genomic project analyzing the genetic basis of maize domestication. Researchers identified key regulatory ...

A team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists has shown, for the first time, that a gene "silencer" that resides in junk DNA is directly sparing people from a devastating ...

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 ...

This genetic disorder is extremely rare, with only 150 cases reported worldwide. The condition limits the patient’s brain ...

Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt to environmental changes, according to research published Wednesday.

Our independent appraisal committee has approved the use of gene editing therapy exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) for use in the NHS in England, providing a potential cure for some people with ...

Qatar - Sidra Medicine, a member of Qatar Foundation, has established a gene therapy centre to treat rare genetic diseases such as Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).

Cowden disease (CD) is a genetic disease associated with multiple hamartomas and malignant neoplasms. During investigations for possible subnormal fertility, a series of eight males with CD ...

Australian cancer researchers are the first to establish a next-generation gene-editing tool for modeling and interrogating human disease. A novel pre-clinical model expressing an enhanced version ...