Most common diseases and most quantitative traits that can be measured in human populations are complex genetic traits. That is, many genetic and nongenetic factors interact to determine the final ...

The goal of genome editing technology is to develop strategies for the correction of those mutations that are responsible of ...

“The impact of the disorders can vary markedly from very severe to mild depending on the type of disorder that one inherits,” says Timothy Tramontana, MD, a specialist in medical genetics at ...

Gaucher disease is a genetic disorder when the body is unable to break down certain fats, leading to fat accumulation in the ...

Several factors must come together for you to develop type 2 diabetes. For example, obesity or a sedentary lifestyle play a role. Genetics can also influence whether you’ll get this disease.

Researchers from the School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) conducted a ...

None of the cell and gene therapies that reached the final regulatory submission stage were rejected by the FDA.

By Victor Mather A prince of Luxembourg has died at 22 of a genetic disease for which ... POLG deficiency is a particularly brutal type of mitochondrial disease, according to Sir Doug Turnbull ...

To boost those proteins, they've created experimental versions of a genetic "tail" that attaches to so-called mRNA ... increases in protein production" will help people with protein-deficient ...