At the WIRED Health summit, biochemist David Liu said his lab is on the verge of revealing a new gene-editing technique that ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — With a New York Rangers theme, the fifth annual “Rally for Reed” is set for Sunday, Sept. 21 from 11 ...

GeneDx CEO Katherine Stueland explains how her company screens babies’ DNA for mutations that cause thousands of treatable ...

Monday marked a very special day in the Hillsboro R-3 School District, as it celebrated one of its youngest students and brought awareness to her rare genetic disorder.

A novel treatment for Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), a rare genetic disease that can lead to sudden loss of ...

Yes, cancer is fundamentally a genetic disease, but not only a hereditary one. Most cancers arise from mutations acquired during life (somatic mutations) interacting with inherited genes and ...

Genetic testing can help doctors diagnose some neurological disorders, such as Huntington’s disease. It can also provide insights into a person’s risk of future health conditions. Genetic testing ...

People with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) — often an inherited disease marked by abnormally thickened heart muscle — face a looming risk of heart failure, arrhythmia, and sudden cardiac arrest.

With fewer than 600 cases worldwide, this skin disorder still sparks fear and stigma — but a dermatologist helps separate ...