University of Michigan researchers have developed a statistical method that can be used for such wide-ranging applications as ...

Some traits that might come to mind are those that “run in the family,” such as red hair or your height. But mental health conditions may also have a hereditary or genetic component.

The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely targeted infusions. By Gina Kolata Researchers have corrected a disease ...

There's a new addition coming to the Duggar family. Again. Jessa Duggar Seewald—the fifth eldest of Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar's 19 kids—and husband Ben Seewald announced March 7 that ...

You will also find information about genetic testing for dementia. Genes determine our traits, such as our eye colour and height. In some cases, they can also determine whether we develop a disease, ...

The Naylor siblings were all born with myotonic dystrophy, a genetic disorder that causes muscles to waste away. It wasn’t until later that the family knew something was wrong, so they made ...

Brain cells, or oligodendrocytes (green), in the hippocampus are marked with a genetic marker in the mouse brain in the study. These cells often deteriorate during aging. Gadek et al., Science ...

Genetic researchers at MUN had identified the genetic variation that caused those deaths. Pelley and his family also had a blood test to determine exactly who had the variation. "So my father ...