Patients with CaV2.1 channelopathies face severe and often debilitating symptoms, such as seizures, migraines, tremors, and ...

Is Obesity Genetic or Environmental? Get All the Details This article was reviewed by Lynn Marie Morski, MD, JD. Key ...

Scientists have identified a genetic mutation in a gene called SHLP2, which encodes for a microprotein in mitochondria, and can reduce a carrier's likelihood of developing Parkinson's disease by 50 ...

The root causes of most forms of Alzheimer's disease largely remain a mystery. Now, researchers have revealed a new piece of the puzzle. Neurogeneticists at the University of Florida led by Lien ...

Researchers have found that splitting the gene editor used in traditional CRISPR technology creates a more precise tool that can be switched on and off, with significantly less chance of causing ...

Sickle cell diseases arises from hemoglobin protein mutations. The mutation causes red blood cells to form a sickle shape rather than a round one. One study suggests that this mutation could be ...

Lilly inks gene therapy deal with Seamless Therapeutics to develop programmable recombinase treatments targeting genetic hearing loss worldwide.

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Genetic changes or mutations can cause hereditary kidney ...

Tobacco smoking is linked to specific genetic mutations in MDS, affecting chromatin modification and RNA splicing pathways. A dose-response relationship exists, with higher smoking intensity ...

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting women worldwide, but many often ask, Is breast cancer hereditary? While most cases occur randomly, a small percentage are linked to inherited ...