Huntington’s disease is a rare inherited neurological disorder that progressively affects movement, cognition and mental health due to a genetic mutation ...

Schizophrenia concept in a 3d illustration style - Getty ImagesFlinders University researchers have discovered a rare genetic mutation that could ...

UCLA Health researchers have created a comprehensive map showing how eight different genetic mutations associated with autism spectrum disorder affect early brain development, providing new insights ...

Google DeepMind's new model deciphers how hidden DNA changes drive disease, predicting gene regulation effects with high ...

Using cortical organoids from individuals with autism, researchers tracked gene activity over development. Early ...

Human cells usually contain two copies of most genes, one of which comes from the mother while the other comes from the father. It's long been thought that usually these two copies, or alleles of ...

A recent study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine has suggested that short telomere length may increase the risk of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) even in patients who do not carry rare ...

A newly discovered genetic mutation unique to humans may help explain why we are significantly more vulnerable to cancer than our closest evolutionary relatives. Researchers at the University of ...

Scientists have discovered the same genetic mutation in 11 types of West Nile- and malaria-spreading mosquitoes -- a mutation that may explain their growing immunity to insecticides. The findings ...

Genetic ancestry plays a key role in determining the behavior of head and neck tumors and may help explain why ...

Mitochondria are well known as the powerhouses of the cell because of their energy generating capabilities. These little organelles are very special, because they also carry their own tiny little ...