Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A whole lot more than just one genetic mutation determines whether and how disease develops. lvcandy/DigitalVision Vectors via ...

What is the human exposome? A massive study quantifying 115,000 associations shows that cumulative environmental exposures rival genetics in predicting disease.

Genetic risk for inflammatory bowel disease could also help identify which patients will have a more severe disease trajectory.An evaluation of more than 8,000 Danish individuals with IBD found those ...

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 ...

Researchers identified biallelic variants in RNU2-2 as the cause of a recessive neurodevelopmental disorder marked by ...

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and an international team of collaborators have defined a ...

Every few months for the past three years, Jeff Vierstra has been receiving infusions in his spine that target and disable a ...

Parkinson’s disease is a complex neurodegenerative disorder. The causes are still unclear, but about 10% to 15% of cases are thought to be due to genetic changes, while exposure to certain things in ...

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 ...

Arun Durvasula has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Science. Sitting in my doctor’s examination room, I was surprised when she told me, “Genetics ...

Dr. Ryan S. Dhindsa, assistant professor of pathology & immunology at Baylor College of Medicine and principal investigator ...