Genetic mutations and DNA changes can lead to several health conditions, ranging from mild to life-threatening disorders.

Researchers developed and externally validated integrated polygenic risk scores for eight cardiovascular conditions using ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can have the same genetic cause, a discovery that won ...

The UAB Cancer Genetics Clinic helps determine whether you have or are at risk for a hereditary predisposition cancer syndrome and, if so, what can be done to customize treatment, reduce your risk, or ...

The majority of rare diseases have a genetic cause. The underlying genetic alteration can be found more and more easily, for example by means of exome sequencing (ES), leading to a molecular genetic ...

From decoding hidden genetic mutations to testing novel treatments, scientists are making real progress against rare inherited eye diseases. These breakthroughs could mean earlier diagnoses, targeted ...

The ethics of using safe gene therapies to improve the health and cognition of Down syndrome children and adults.

Research on Tourette’s indicates that the condition is strongly influenced by inherited genetic factors, with environmental factors also contributing to its development. Tourette syndrome is a ...

While lifestyle choices, including diet and activity level, play an important role in a person’s risk of obesity, genetics can also shape natural tendencies toward weight gain or loss. In fact, genes ...

Whether genes are able to compromise between their competing interests can have consequences for development. pressureUA/iStock via Getty Images Plus As a species, humans like to think that we are ...