Less than 30% of people with certain genetic variants go blind, despite the faulty genes previously being thought to cause ...

Bored Panda has curated a list of people with rare physical traits that might make you do a double take. From extra or ...

Which genes are required for turning embryonic stem cells into brain cells, and what happens when this process goes wrong? In ...

Cystic fibrosis represents one of the most common inherited genetic disorders affecting people of European descent, touching the lives of approximately 30,000 individuals in the United States alone.

Management of mitochondrial-related heart disease relies on multidisciplinary care and symptom control, as targeted gene-editing therapies are limited.

Take a look back at the genetics stories that resonated most with readers this year. M uch of what shapes people’s lives ...

A study reveals that two-thirds of genetic risks for mental health conditions are shared, challenging traditional diagnostic ...

Forty years ago, a postdoctoral researcher named James McGrath who would go on to spend more than three decades as a clinical geneticist and research scientist at Yale, made a discovery that advanced ...

New genetic evidence links higher BMI and IBD to hidradenitis suppurativa risk, while smoking remains unclear. Read more.

Dr Adam Jameson, a pharmacist with a PhD in pharmacogenomics, the science of how our genes influence our responses to ...