Dr. Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas and Dr. Kiran Musunru crafted a bespoke treatment that has successfully corrected the genetic ...

People from the Outer Hebrides and north-west Ireland have the highest risk of developing a genetic disease that causes a dangerous build-up of iron in the body, a study published in the journal ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 26 (UPI) --New artificial intelligence models can yield much more nuanced and detailed assessments of genetic risks for 10 inherited diseases, researchers reported Thursday. This ...

Until recently, even the most advanced gene therapies could only be given after a child was born—often racing against time to prevent irreversible damage. In the first part of this series, we explored ...

When a child inherits a genetic condition, it often means both parents unknowingly carried genetic variations that, when combined, led to the disease. Modern genetic testing now allows families to ...

People from the northwest of Ireland have the highest risk in the British Isles of developing a genetic disease that causes a ...

Observational studies have often linked low testosterone to heart disease. Those studies are a bit misleading, the authors of ...

Scientists have mapped the highest-risk areas for haemochromatosis, known as the 'Celtic Curse', with people from the Outer ...

Huntington’s disease is a rare inherited neurological disorder that progressively affects movement, cognition and mental ...

A genetic breakthrough reveals why mental health conditions often occur together. New research identifies five disorder ...

New twin‑study research finds that, after removing deaths from accidents and infections, genes account for about 50% of human ...

New artificial intelligence models are capable of much more accurately predicting the risk of common inherited diseases after analyzing more than 1 million health records generated by routine blood ...