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

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

EMBL researchers created SDR-seq, a next-generation tool that decodes both DNA and RNA from the same cell. It finally opens ...

IgA nephropathy has a complex hereditary pattern. You may not develop it unless you inherit multiple risk genes and also ...

Many babies enter the world with silent metabolic or genetic conditions. Today, standard newborn screening can check for some ...

Huntington’s disease (HD) is one of those rare conditions that affects not just the patient but the entire family—medically, emotionally and genetically. This inherited brain disorder causes gradual ...

In 2024 Stephen Rich and his colleagues published a study in which they assessed the genetic risk of developing type 1 ...

Huntington’s disease is a hereditary brain disorder that impacts movement, mood, and cognitive abilities. It gets worse over ...

The study of cacao genetics has provided profound insights into the domestication, diversity and disease resistance mechanisms of Theobroma cacao. Recent advances in genomic sequencing and mapping ...

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