Researchers identified a rare variant on a single gene that appears to predispose patients to metabolic ...

Ancestry and lifestyle choices of parents may affect the rate and type of new genetic changes that arise in their children, ...

Ancestry and smoking influence genetic mutation rates in children, but parental age remains the strongest factor, a new study finds.

Rapidly mutating DNA regions were mapped using a multi-generational family and advanced sequencing tools. Understanding how ...

A new study suggests that people who are at risk for rare genetic forms of frontotemporal dementia should consider being ...

Screening for common genetic variants in addition to rare genetic variants can help improve patient risk stratification for ...

A rare SIK3 gene mutation may explain why some people need less sleep yet maintain optimal cognitive function and physical ...

Sitting in my doctor's examination room, I was surprised when she told me, "Genetics don't really matter for chronic disease.

"Mono," caused by Epstein-Barr virus, raises the risk of multiple sclerosis, but it's unclear why. A study pinpoints a ...

For the first time, an international study has deciphered the genome of the population of Brazil. Published in the journal ...

A study of more than 3,000 genomes has traced a gene mutation that confers HIV resistance to a person who lived near the ...