Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) affects nearly one in three adults around the globe. It ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common, debilitating neurodegenerative disease affecting about 10% of people over the age of 65 ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common, debilitating neurodegenerative disease affecting about 10 percent of people over the age of 65 and one third of people aged 85 and above. Besides environmental ...

With dementia diagnoses climbing to 55 million cases globally and 10 million new patients identified each year, medical ...

Researchers looked at a gene that is critical to regulating the body’s iron levels. A common genetic variant is linked to a doubled dementia risk for older men, a recent analysis in Neurology suggests ...

Charlie Health reports that eating disorders are significantly influenced by genetics, with family history increasing risk ...

Screening for common genetic variants in addition to rare genetic variants can help improve patient risk stratification for heart failure, according to a recent study published in Nature Genetics ...

Genome editing technologies like CRISPR-Cas9 have transformed biology, medicine, and agriculture, but concerns remain about ...

Novel genetic variants associated with Alzheimer's disease Date: March 21, 2024 Source: Boston University School of Public Health Summary: A new study has identified 17 genetic variants that may ...

People with rare genetic variants that are linked to Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders have a higher risk for developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called ...

Variants in DNA affect, for example, the degree to which a gene is expressed and subsequently the amount of protein that is encoded by the gene. By linking the genetic variants -- i.e. the ...

Human gene variant alters the voices of mice A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic underpinnings of language.