A genetic diagnosis can bring immense emotional relief by offering a concrete biological explanation and reassuring parents that it was not their fault.

New data from the 8,660-participant ROPAD cohort corroborate that ITSN1 loss-of-function variants raise Parkinson's disease ...

Diagnostics and drug development startup Arboretum LifeSciences launched with $30 million in financing. Its executives say ...

Across mammals, larger species typically have longer lifespans, ranging from only a couple of years for mice to almost 200 ...

Jonathan the tortoise's sequenced genome reveals genetic variants tied to aging, offering early clues about extreme longevity in one 194-year-old animal.

Vanderbilt Health study explores genetic susceptibility of sensorineural hearing loss, which is caused by damage to the inner ...

Malaria is one of the deadliest infectious diseases on the planet, afflicting people throughout recorded history. In places ...

She had just diagnosed our 11-year-old daughter, Maya, with Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome, a genetic condition so rare there ...

There are more than 80 known autoimmune diseases, including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, ...

A clinically recognised parasomnia can cause complex sexual behaviour during partial arousal from deep sleep, raising ...

A new PLOS Genetics study shows that specific immune markers, particularly interleukin-6 rather than C-reactive protein, ...

By facilitating research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia, Yentli Soto Albrecht hopes to change ...