Diseases like cancer or neurodegeneration are known to arise from genetic misfires. But treating such complex conditions hasn ...

Though many studies approach the developmental disorder Rett syndrome as a single condition arising from general loss of ...

Researchers say a new AI system can identify disease-causing mutations and explain their biological effects, potentially ...

A man from Norway has likely been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from his brother, who has two copies of ...

New research suggests that autoimmune diseases may be driven by DNA mutations in immune cells that remove the natural brakes ...

There are some genes that can promote cancer; they are sometimes called oncogenes, and in tumor cells, mutations are often found in these genes. When they are functioning normally, oncogenes are often ...

A gene known as CTNNB1 encodes for a crucial protein called β-catenin, which has an important role in controlling tissue repair and cell growth. If this gene and its protein are dysfunctional, it can ...

A newly identified gene mutation may help explain why schizophrenia patients struggle to update their understanding of ...

The ability of different genetic variants—changes to one or more building blocks of DNA—to cause disease, and to what extent, ...

Weight-loss responses to GLP-1 obesity drugs, and risks of side effects, may be linked to genetic variants, according to a ...

Meet the luckiest people on Earth — individuals carrying a rare genetic mutation that prevents wrinkles from forming even as they age well into their 80s. These genetic lottery winners have provided ...

Remarkably, 98 percent of our DNA does not code for genes. Once considered “junk DNA,” it is now well appreciated that these ...