Groundbreaking research at Seattle Children's Hospital provides critical genetic diagnoses for newborns within 48 hours.

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

A large Mayo Clinic study shows that current guidelines fail to detect nearly 90% of people with familial hypercholesterolemia, a common inherited cause of dangerously high cholesterol. Many affected ...

We know that the genes we're born with contribute to the risk of psychiatric disorders during our lifetimes, and a new study ...

New genetic evidence suggests that people with an inherited tendency towards blood clots may be at higher risk of developing ...

Even as humpbacks rebound in number, their genomes reveal a loss of genetic diversity and a buildup of harmful mutations left ...

Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve, which connects the heart to the rest of the body. It affects millions of ...

An expansive new study offers clear evidence that sequencing the genomes of diverse populations can yield fresh insights into how our DNA shapes our health. A team of researchers involved in an ...

Conventional investigations of the genetic contributors to Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk and progression have ignored the role of the X-chromosome, primarily due to technical analysis limitations. To ...

A genetic study involving more than 1.2 million people has pinpointed 95 genetic loci that are associated with risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including 80 loci that had not ...

Genetic factors account for much of the variation in personality traits across the lifespan. Shared upbringing plays a ...