A new CRISPR approach can control genes without cutting DNA, opening a safer path for treating genetic diseases. A newly ...

A new genetic mapping strategy reveals how entire networks of genes work together to cause disease, filling in the missing ...

Cristina Pina receives funding from Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group via the Little Princess Trust and the National Centre for the Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of Animals in Research.

In a major leap for genetic diagnostics, scientists from the University of Melbourne and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) have developed a groundbreaking rapid blood test that can ...

21-year old Sebastien Beauzile becomes the first person in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia (Screenshot: Northwell Health/YouTube) A young man from Long Island has been cured of sickle cell ...

King Tutankhamun's golden mask displayed at the Egyptian museum in Cairo in 2009. Legendary pharaoh Tutankhamun was probably killed by the genetic blood disorder sickle cell disease, German scientists ...

A new genome-wide mapping method finally shows how thousands of genes connect to drive disease. Biomedical researchers are working intensively to identify the genes that contribute to disease, with ...

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 ...

When a child inherits a genetic condition, it often means both parents unknowingly carried genetic variations that, when combined, led to the disease. Modern genetic testing now allows families to ...

A study suggests psychiatric disorders can share the same genetic signatures and that they may stem from shared biological mechanisms.