Sickle cell disease—the subject of a new Seminar in The Lancet—is one of the most prevalent and fastest-growing genetic disorders worldwide. Although its true prevalence is difficult to determine ...

An Ice Age double burial in Italy has yielded a stunning genetic revelation. DNA from a mother and daughter who lived over 12,000 years ago shows that the younger had a rare inherited growth disorder, ...

Genetic medicine has made huge progress over the past two decades. Gene therapy, gene editing, and mRNA treatments are now approved for a growing number of conditions. These approaches focus on fixing ...

A new study published in Neurology, led by Queen Mary University of London, has revealed that people of South Asian, African ...

Back when he was 17 and in high school, Eric Sid fainted. In the emergency room, he was diagnosed with anemia, which can cause fainting spells, and for years he thought that was the end of the story.

My journey has been a long one. I am a paediatric immunologist and principal investigator of a PID research laboratory, and ...

Approximately 60,000 Danes live with chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Some experience limited discomfort, while others go ...

Every new discovery in genetics brings scientists one step closer to understanding complex conditions and improving the lives ...

"Grey's Anatomy" star Eric Dane died at 53 after a battle with ALS. What to know about Lou Gehrig's disease.

HCM, a hereditary condition, is a leading cause of heart-related disability in younger adults. In this progressive heart disease, the heart muscle abnormally thickens and stiffens, blocking blood flow ...