“Ultimately, we'll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.”—James D. Watson A recent ...

A major analysis suggests Phelan-McDermid syndrome, a genetic disorder closely linked to autism, may affect about 1 in 7,300 ...

For the first time, researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have identified the specific genetic blueprint of mania, the defining feature of bipolar disorder. Bipolar ...

Imagine facing a condition so rare that fewer than 100 people in the world are known to have it - a disorder that can disrupt a child's ability to walk, talk or even eat. While there is still much to ...

Rare genetic diseases can go years, or even decades, without diagnosis. Standard testing often misdiagnoses these diseases, ...

A new study by researchers at King's College London has split schizophrenia risk into two genetically distinct pathways. One is characterized by a shared genetic risk with bipolar disorder and ...

New research suggests that the genetic links between psychiatric conditions and intelligence vary depending on the specific type of thinking skill involved. Rather than viewing intelligence as a ...

Borderline personality disorder, or BPD, is one of the more subtle and difficult psychiatric conditions to recognize. It can take many different forms, and no two people necessarily experience it in ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — September is PKD awareness month, and it’s an opportunity to spread the word about polycystic kidney disease. PKD affects over 600,000 Americans and more than a million people ...

The genetic factors underlying anorexia nervosa and binge eating are largely distinct from those that influence body weight. Results of a large genetic study showed that nearly 90% of the genetic ...

A family history of Alzheimer's can raise the risk, but genes are not destiny. Experts explain APOE, rare inherited mutations ...