Johns Hopkins Medicine laboratory scientists say they have developed a potential new way to treat a variety of rare genetic diseases marked by too low levels of specific cellular proteins. To boost ...

Virginia Tech researchers discovered an indication hidden in the brain that may help doctors identify children suffering from ...

Distinct psychiatric disorders have more in common biologically than previously believed, according to the largest and most detailed analysis to date of how genes influence mental illness. The study, ...

A groundbreaking new study has revealed that eight major psychiatric disorders may share a common genetic foundation. Conducted by a US-based research team, the study identified specific genetic ...

Distinct psychiatric disorders have more in common biologically than previously believed, according to the largest and most detailed analysis to date of how genes influence mental illness. The study, ...

Jennifer (Piper) Below, PhD, and colleagues conducted the largest genetic analysis of stuttering to date, demonstrating a clear genetic basis for the speech disorder and highlighting neurological ...

People with two copies of the gene variant APOE4 are almost certain to get Alzheimer’s, say researchers, who proposed a framework under which such patients could be diagnosed years before symptoms. By ...

Some psychiatric disorders have many overlapping symptoms, which can make it very challenging to diagnose a specific disease. These disorders can be influenced by genetic factors, which may involve a ...

Genetics aren't necessarily destiny for those with mutations thought to always cause inherited blindness, a new study says. Fewer than 30% of people with these genetic variants wind up blind, even ...

Amongst the political shockwaves that have to date characterized President Donald Trump’s first few weeks back in the Oval Office, it is likely to be the proposed changes to medical research funding ...