A newly identified and rare genetic variant slows the growth of mutated blood stem cells and reduces the risk of leukemia.

Tiffany Fransen, diagnosed with Friedreich's ataxia, faces challenges from this rare disease. The genetic disorder affects ...

In 2022, neurologists at a memory clinic in China diagnosed a 19-year-old with what they believed to be Alzheimer's disease – ...

Brenna Henn had a long-term grant to study the genetic diversity of Africans and people of African descent. Then her N.I.H.

Genetic analysis performed by the county’s new public health lab shows that the variant has been in the region since late ...

Angelina Jolie revealed her mastectomy scars publicly for the first time in a photoshoot, saying the decision was about ...

The new analysis study showed the delay may stem from genetic mutations that are present when a child is born – but activate ...

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

From morning glories spiraling up fence posts to grape vines corkscrewing through arbors, twisted growth is a problem-solving ...

Scientists have traced a devastating pattern of brain cell loss in a handful of families to a single, ultra-rare mutation ...

An experimental gene therapy seems to slow the progression of Huntington’s disease by about 75 per cent, and researchers are ...