Scientists achieved a genetic breakthrough by removing an extra human chromosome using gene-editing technology. This landmark study successfully deleted the surplus chromosome 21 responsible for Down ...

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

Cancer has long been portrayed as a disease of pure genetic chaos, a biological roulette that makes every tumor feel uniquely ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

Analyzing genetic data from nearly 140,000 IVF embryos, researchers linked maternal DNA variants to increased risk of ...

Researchers from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have unlocked the most detailed genetic blueprint yet of a major ...

recent viral story on social media tells of a fair-skinned baby with long eyelashes who, at first glance, appears no different from any other infant. Few would have guessed that the nine-month-old ...

Our DNA is compacted and arranged into chromosomes, most of which are shaped like X’s. The ends of the chromosomes' arms are protected with caps known as telomeres. Telomeres are made up of highly ...

Santhosh Girirajan receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. Genetic inheritance may sound straightforward: One gene causes one trait or a specific illness. When doctors use genetics, ...

You may have read that Texas Tech University recently made national news, not because its football team is doing well, but because it was announced that faculty of the medical school must only discuss ...

Panelists discuss how current risk stratification systems, particularly the European Leukemia Net 2022 classification for intensive therapy and the 2024 classification for lower intensity treatments, ...