For too long, the promise of personalized therapies has been tantalizingly close, yet frustratingly out of reach for ...

Despite widespread misconceptions, eating disorders aren’t a choice, they’re serious, potentially life-threatening conditions. While social and environmental factors do influence someone’s risk of ...

You’ve likely heard people mention that they have inherited certain health conditions from their family. These are known as genetic disorders—conditions passed down from parents through DNA. In this ...

We know that the genes we're born with contribute to the risk of psychiatric disorders during our lifetimes, and a new study shows there is significantly more biological overlap across these ...

Advances in modern medicine allow us to treat fetuses and newborn babies for genetic or inherited diseases. Advances in modern medicine allow us to treat fetuses and newborn babies for genetic or ...

Bedford, a 2-year-old with Schwartz-Jampel syndrome, went viral after his parents posted an inspirational TikTok video. There are only an estimated 150 reported cases of Schwartz-Jampel syndrome ...

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health ...

A sweeping new study of psychiatric and genetic records has the potential to change treatment for millions of psychiatric patients, finding that many conditions involve similar genes and may not need ...

Back when he was 17 and in high school, Eric Sid fainted. In the emergency room, he was diagnosed with anemia, which can cause fainting spells, and for years he thought that was the end of the story.

Scientists at Gladstone Institutes have flipped the traditional approach to finding potential treatments for deadly diseases.