An international collective of researchers is delivering new insights into why having multiple psychiatric disorders is the ...

Research links variations in the gene GRIN2A to a higher risk of developing schizophrenia and other forms of mental illness.

A test using genetics to predict who is at the highest risk of developing type 1 diabetes could one day be applied to ...

I recently underwent genetic testing to see if I had any mutations that could be associated with an increased cancer risk. When I received my genetic testing kit in the mail, I quickly opened the ...

A genetic variant is likely putting some children suffering with myocarditis - inflammation of the heart muscle - at higher risk of developing heart failure, which can be fatal, according to a study ...

Cystic fibrosis represents one of the most common inherited genetic disorders affecting people of European descent, touching the lives of approximately 30,000 individuals in the United States alone.

Research on Tourette’s indicates that the condition is strongly influenced by inherited genetic factors, with environmental factors also contributing to its development. Tourette syndrome is a ...

This is the first certificate offered by the genetics department, and one of the only STEM-focused certificates at the ...

Joshua Lederberg, Nobel laureate and president of Rockefeller University, is well known in biology circles. Not so his wife, ...

Hair genetics can come from either parent, and multiple genes can determine hair traits, such as color, texture, and growth. Genes can also affect hair loss. Although it can run in families, this is ...