A research team from the Medical University of Vienna and the Medical University of Graz has discovered a previously unknown ...

Your DNA contains millions of genetic variants that interact with each other in ways that affect whether diseases such as ...

As more people start to opt for genetic carrier testing ahead of conception, doctors and parents-to-be are facing difficult ...

Scientists have been trying to identify the exact causes of Alzheimer's disease for many years, and while we know that pathologies like tau tangles and amyloid plaques are related to the ...

While some genes have been linked to specific disorders, it may not always be clear how changes in those genes can lead to disease. There have been many genes linked to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ...

Rett syndrome is a rare developmental disorder, most often due to a mutation in the MECP2 gene on the X chromosome, but it’s not usually inherited. Advances in genetics have launched a new era in ...

One gene causes one trait or a specific illness. When doctors use genetics, it's usually to try to identify a disease-causing ...