People with diseases caused by rare mutations have fewer options and poorer prospects than other patients despite rapid ...

A groundbreaking DNA study reveals how genetic mutations pass through generations, offering new insights into disease and ...

Doctors at Huntsman Cancer Hospital removed the 36-year-old woman’s real stomach less than two weeks ago, a preventive ...

The risk of cancer goes up with age, in part because aging impedes the body's ability to detect and destroy cells with ...

Researchers using next-generation DNA sequencing have identified four specific genes whose mutations are linked to the ...

Researchers have successfully employed an algorithm to identify potential mutations which increase disease risk in the noncoding regions our DNA, which make up the vast majority of the human genome.

The causes of Alzheimer’s disease have long puzzled researchers, especially when most older adults show signs of the illness ...

Four specific genes serve as a telltale clue to how potentially deadly stomach cancers will develop and progress, a new study ...

Hemophilia, a rare inherited bleeding disorder, is primarily caused by mutations in specific genes that impair the body’s ...

But patients with these exceedingly rare mutations have fewer options and poorer prospects than those with more typical forms of these diseases — and many are now pinning hopes on experimental ...