IgA nephropathy, an immune assault on the kidneys, is often missed. New treatments mean that spotting it sooner might save lives ...

For about a year, an algal bloom in South Australian waters has had devastating effects on marine life. At my local beach, walks were a sad parade of dead sea life. But what of the health effects of ...

Human cells have two copies of each chromosome, and this balance is essential for genes to be expressed in the appropriate ...

Autism is a spectrum. This metaphor is a helpful way to explain why autism looks and feels so varied across different people.

Despite modern high-throughput sequencing, the genetic cause of most rare movement disorders remains unclear. A research team in Bochum and Tübingen has now solved one piece of the puzzle: The ...

Life-saving treatments for children with orphan illnesses often move slowly, if at all, through the federal approval process.