Less than 30% of people with certain genetic variants go blind, despite the faulty genes previously being thought to cause ...

Scientists studying thousands of rats discovered that gut bacteria are shaped by both personal genetics and the genetics of ...

The study focused on inherited retinal degenerations (IRDs), a group of genetic diseases that lead to progressive vision loss ...

A new study challenges what's long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause inherited blindness.

The largest study so far into the genetics of chronic fatigue syndrome, or myalgic encephalomyelitis, has implicated 259 genes – six times more than those identified just four months ago ...

If something similar occurs in humans, and given growing evidence that the gut microbiome matters for health, genetic influence on human health may be underestimated in large studies; genes may affect ...

Rare inherited genetic variants significantly increase familial lung cancer risk, offering new targets for early detection.

A sprawling international fertility scandal is forcing regulators and doctors across Europe to rethink donor screening after a single sperm donor — whose genetic material helped conceive nearly 200 ...

New Swedish research finds that people with highest microplastics and PFAS levels face double the risk of multiple sclerosis ...

Addiction may not be just about choice or circumstance. A new study by the National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre at the ...

New genetic evidence suggests that people with an inherited tendency towards blood clots may be at higher risk of developing ...

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 ...