A new study challenges what's long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause inherited blindness.

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes. A gene is a basic unit of heredity, the means by which traits get passed from one generation to the next, and genetics is the study ...

Most of the rare diseases are inherited—passed down from parents to their children. Generally referred to as orphan diseases, each of the almost 7,000 of them is due to the same issue—a mutation in a ...

Less than 30% of people with certain genetic variants go blind, despite the faulty genes previously being thought to cause ...

Rare inherited genetic variants significantly increase familial lung cancer risk, offering new targets for early detection.

X-linked retinoschisis gene replacement therapy, aiming to improve retinal architecture and visual function in young male ...

A newly identified and rare genetic variant slows the growth of mutated blood stem cells, researchers report, and it reduces the risk of leukemia. The ...

A genetic match to an ancient person doesn't mean you're more related genealogically. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In 2022, we ...

Relationship between mother’s and father’s BMI and offspring BMI by survey sweep estimated by phenotypic linear regression and Mendelian randomization. A new study finds that kids with obesity are ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This hereditary ...