A new study has revealed that Beagle dogs carrying mutations in the Shank3 gene—a high-risk gene for autism spectrum disorder ...

The flowerpot snake, one of the world's smallest snakes, has some unusual distinctions. Also known as the Brahminy blind ...

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the most common birth defects, but the full extent of its genetic underpinnings has ...

Researchers harness the power of the world’s most advanced supercomputers to simulate the inner workings of cellular ...

Roughly one in 10 human genetic disorders results from premature stop codons. A naturally occurring example of stop codon recoding that maintains balance while improving function may offer new ...

Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...

Schizophrenia affects millions worldwide, yet its causes remain one of the greatest medical mysteries. In an exclusive ...

The goal of genome editing technology is to develop strategies for the correction of those mutations that are responsible of ...

In a medical breakthrough, scientists in the US have found that a medicine typically prescribed for rare genetic disorders ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have demonstrated that a genetic method called "pooled prime editing" can screen ...

Japanese researchers used a nonviral piggyBac system to genetically modify cynomolgus monkeys, enabling more accurate disease ...

Late amniocentesis (24 weeks or later) demonstrated a 22.9% overall genetic diagnostic yield and a low 1.2% complication rate ...