Unstable proteins are the main drivers of many different heritable diseases, according to a new study, including genetic disorders responsible for the formation of cataracts, and different types of ...

Over the next two years, the planned funding will be allocated to projects that have received some FDA feedback as well as emerging efforts.

A computational model built by researchers at the Institute of Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) can predict which drugs will be most effective in ...

Researchers have discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis. A study published in ...

The genetic roots of a disease or disorder do not always grow into clear-cut, easily diagnosed clinical features. Even if a parent and child have the same genetic marker implicated in an outcome, such ...

Gretchen Noah waited 2½ years for doctors to make the diagnosis she knew in her heart for months. Her son, Markie, now 3, has Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome, a genetic disorder caused by insufficient ...

Genetic testing can help doctors diagnose some neurological disorders, such as Huntington’s disease. It can also provide insights into a person’s risk of future health conditions. Genetic testing ...

Leukodystrophy refers to a group of rare genetic disorders affecting the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS includes the brain and spinal cord. The outlook for people with these disorders is ...

A new comprehensive analysis has revealed that major depressive disorder alters both the physical architecture and the ...

For the first time, researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have identified the specific genetic ...

On Wednesday, Google's DeepMind AI research lab announced AlphaGenome, an AI model designed to identify disease markers in large volumes of genetic data. It's badly needed in a field that has produced ...