Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Illana Gozes, examined the effects of different mutations in the ADNP protein, which is essential for normal brain development and aging, on the brain ...

A research team co-led by scientists at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson found that an osteoporosis drug might counter a rare genetic mutation underlying a type of heart disease.

A man in Oklahoma could be the missing piece scientists were looking for on the battle to prevent Alzheimer's disease.

Stanford scientists have identified 380 key genetic variants that significantly influence cancer development, filtering ...

Stanford Medicine researchers sifted through thousands of single nucleotide mutations in DNA to identify fewer than 400 that are functionally associated with inherited cancer risk.

Researchers developed a new gene-editing strategy that dramatically boosts the effectiveness of gene therapies in the liver, a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for about 700 genetic ...

WashU Medicine-led trial evaluating investigational drug from Eli Lilly and Company aims to stop disease before symptoms ...

Doug Whitney was supposed to develop Alzheimer's by 50. Now scientists are trying to understand why his brain remains healthy ...

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

A groundbreaking study has identified how previously mysterious mutations in non-coding DNA contribute to kidney disease, ...

Homozygous NFIL3 mutations identified in monozygotic twins with juvenile ... for the pathways corresponding to signal transduction, immune system and immune diseases. Then, the final pathway ...