The sperm of a man carrying a rare genetic mutation linked to cancer was used to conceive scores of children across Europe, ...

Environmental factors such as lifestyle and the medications you take influence the effects your genes have on your body — and can clarify how diseases develop.

The existence of orange cats dates back to at least the 12th century, but scientists have only had theories that a sex-linked ...

A new rapid blood test for newborns could potentially detect genetic mutations linked to thousands of rare diseases all at ...

Discover how cystic fibrosis genetics affect inheritance patterns and symptom. Learn about CFTR mutations, testing options, ...

The sperm of a man carrying a rare genetic mutation linked to cancer was used ... as regulations vary from country to country. For example, France has a limit of 10 births per donor, while Denmark ...

New research published in Molecular Neurodegeneration has revealed that mutations in three genes known to cause familial Alzheimer’s disease can predict when symptoms will begin. By analyzing how ...

Ask scientists which gene-editing tool is most needed to advance gene therapy, and they'd probably describe a system that's now close to realization in the labs of Samuel Sternberg at Columbia ...

Researchers have used a personalised base-editing gene therapy to successfully treat an infant with carbamoyl-phosphate ...

MODY 5 is a rare genetic diabetes subtype caused by HNF1B mutations or deletions, often presenting with early-onset diabetes and kidney, liver, or pancreatic abnormalities. Accurate genetic diagnosis ...

The past 25 years of human genetics have shown researchers that these sorts of large-effect mutations are rare. For example, an analysis found that the median effect of a genetic variant on height ...