A new breakthrough in a rare genetic disease which causes children to age rapidly has been discovered using 'longevity genes' ...

Your DNA contains millions of genetic variants that interact with each other in ways that affect whether diseases such as ...

In May, a historic moment in science and medicine was captured in a single photo that circulated across news outlets ...

Doug Whitney, 76, carries a rare PSEN2 genetic mutation that causes early-onset Alzheimer's but shows no cognitive decline ...

Kenneth J. Breslauer, whose work helped lay the foundation for many of today’s major advances in genetics and precision ...

In 2024 Stephen Rich and his colleagues published a study in which they assessed the genetic risk of developing type 1 ...

The Human Genome Project, launched in 1990 and completed in 2003, also moved the needle. Scientists had successfully ...

One way to get ahead of that diagnosis is genetic testing. There are 13 gene mutations related to breast cancer, according to ...

Nine-year-old Emma D. of Fishers, Indiana, received national recognition for her courage this week at the American Kidney ...

Former New York Jets center Nick Mangold announced on social media Monday that he has chronic kidney disease and requires a ...

One gene causes one trait or a specific illness. When doctors use genetics, it's usually to try to identify a disease-causing ...