The pair had helped identify a still-unnamed disease, which they had tied to a particular gene and to a particular somatic mutation—a genetic change that had not been passed down from a parent and was ...

New research reveals that certain cells inactivate one parent’s copy of a gene, leading to a bias in gene activity that may ...

Kissing Disease Leaves Student Hospitalized ... Jilian was told both parents were carrying the genetic mutation and so, their next child had a 25 per cent chance of getting the same diagnosis.

Lissencephaly is a spectrum of rare, genetic disorders in which the brain fails to develop its hallmark folds. The disorders are often associated with seizures and intellectual disability and ...

Familial Alzheimer’s disease is a rare, inherited form of Alzheimer’s that usually develops earlier than other forms of the disease. It’s due to specific genetic variants that tend to run in ...