A new report in the American Journal of Human Genetics describes a novel disorder caused by biallelic loss-of-function ...

Our parents' genes, even the ones we didn't inherit, leave a measurable lasting imprint on our lives. An international team ...

In the coming weeks, the Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center (HUG-CELL) will begin recruiting participants for the ...

Researchers relied on a newer gene-editing technique that may make it possible to engineer embryos, a prospect that has long ...

When a child develops kidney failure or a rare bone disorder, the cause can seem painfully immediate. It may be a single ...

"It's a slow-moving train wreck," Mike Graglia says about his 12-year-old son Tony's rare genetic disease with no cure. Caused by a tiny fluke of nature—a mutation in a gene known as a SYNGAP1—the non ...

A University of Texas at Austin-led team has reconstructed the most detailed map to date of the molecular machines that ...

An evolutionary blueprint of the molecular machines inside the 1.8 billion year old single-celled ancestor of all complex ...

A new study maps "genetic nurture," showing how parents' uninherited genes shape a child's height, BMI, and intelligence.