For decades, geneticists have known that most common illnesses are not caused by a single rogue gene but by intricate ...

A new study shows people with cancer are more likely to die from heart disease than those without cancer. The findings ...

Environmental factors such as lifestyle and the medications you take influence the effects your genes have on your body — and can clarify how diseases develop. When you purchase through links on our ...

A new CRISPR approach can control genes without cutting DNA, opening a safer path for treating genetic diseases. A newly ...

Understanding what autoimmune diseases are, what triggers them and how they’re treated can be a powerful first step toward ...

Huntington’s disease (HD) is one of those rare conditions that affects not just the patient but the entire family—medically, emotionally and genetically. This inherited brain disorder causes gradual ...

Genetic inheritance may sound straightforward: One gene causes one trait or a specific illness. When doctors use genetics, it’s usually to try to identify a disease-causing gene to help guide ...

Less than 30% of people with certain genetic variants go blind, despite the faulty genes previously being thought to cause ...

Tiffany Fransen, diagnosed with Friedreich's ataxia, faces challenges from this rare disease. The genetic disorder affects ...

The study of cacao genetics has provided profound insights into the domestication, diversity and disease resistance mechanisms of Theobroma cacao. Recent advances in genomic sequencing and mapping ...

Nearly one-quarter of adults with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and cirrhosis presented before age ...