In patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), crucial cells in the retina known as rods and cones die over time; night ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

Aurora Therapeutics, cofounded by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Jennifer Doudna, plans to use gene editing and a new FDA ...

Researchers from Radboud University Medical Center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited ...

DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave.

Scientists discovered that aging DNA repeats expand at wildly different speeds—and in some people, the consequences can be devastating. A sweeping genetic study drawing on data from more than 900,000 ...

A comprehensive genetic investigation led by Dr. Feng Liu at Tianjin Medical University General Hospital has uncovered ...

A comprehensive genetic investigation led by Dr. Feng Liu at Tianjin Medical University General Hospital has uncovered ...

Genetics play a role in low testosterone for some men, but underlying causes vary widely. Many genes influence testosterone ...

An international research team identified hundreds of genes essential for the development of brain cells, including one gene ...

Mental illness is often described in abstract terms, but is rooted in the brain. A study reveals that genes influencing psychiatric disorders also shape brain architecture.

A new study has provided new insights into the the genetic overlap among some psychiatric disorders, and can help explain why it’s not uncommon for several of these disorders to arise in the same ...