Chantez Sanford was diagnosed with sickle cell disease as an infant. It’s an inherited blood disorder that can cause anemia, ...

The trajectory of base editing has been remarkable, progressing from the laboratory to patient care, treating debilitating or ...

Analysis of hundreds of environmental exposures and health outcomes quantifies influence of nongenetic factors ...

For decades, scientists have been carefully unraveling the role of genes in disease by examining how small variations in a person's genetic code can shape lifelong risk of developing common conditions ...

Chantez Sanford Jr., 24, of Southfield, says his life has been transformed after undergoing Lyfgenia gene therapy at Children ...

Stoke Therapeutics is developing a drug designed to reduce seizures and restore some of their lost developmental function.

Ava, Olivia, and Landon Langenhop were all born with a rare and life-threatening immune disorder called severe leukocyte adhesion deficiency-I, or LAD-I. This rare genetic condition makes them at risk ...

Before Yersinia pestis devastated Europe in the Middle Ages, the bacteria ravaged the Bronze Age for nearly two millennia.

The world is experiencing a hidden epidemic with kidney disease. More than 850 million people worldwide have some form of ...

A genetic test saved Dennis Massimo's life by catching cancer early, prompting the West Chester man to start advocating for others.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed Michelle Branham as chair of the federal Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and Services.

The neurologic disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE has most often been found in people who experienced ...