BLOOM (TAMPA)- Alzheimer’s disease is often seen as an inevitable part of aging. Yet research increasingly shows that while genes may play a role, lifestyle has a greater influence on how the brain ...

Small changes in the sequence of one particular gene can dramatically increase a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. But new research has suggested that adhering to the Mediterranean diet ...

Scientists say that through genetics or training, even mere mortals can develop superhuman powers. It may not be a superpower from a sci-fi show, but the Bajau people of the Philippines, Malaysia, and ...

Base editors can correct disease-causing genetic variants. After a neonate had received a diagnosis of severe carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency, a disease with an estimated 50% mortality in ...

Kiely N. James, PhD, FACMG is the recipient of the 2025 Richard King Trainee Award. This award was instituted by the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine to encourage American Board of ...

Scientists have successfully engineered a mouse with two fathers that went on to survive until adulthood. Researchers have attempted to create so-called bi-paternal mice before, but these embryos ...

Genetics is just one of several factors thought to influence personality disorder development. Life experiences, family dynamics, coping mechanisms, and social learning may all be contributing factors ...

Genetic disorders can occur due to mutations in one gene (monogenic), multiple genes (multifactorial inheritance), and mutation in one or more chromosomes. Point mutations are where one nucleotide in ...

One sunny day in Los Angeles, Katherine Wilemon was gardening when she developed crushing chest pain, as well as pain radiating down her left arm. She was 39 and fit. Wilemon—who had known since she ...