University of Queensland researchers have found that a genetic mutation that causes melanoma can lie dormant in healthy skin, ...

Scientists have identified mutations in the CPD gene as a key cause of a rare congenital hearing loss, revealing how ...

A cause of death has been revealed for Sophia Farmer, a 17-year-old Illinois girl who fell unconscious during a wisdom teeth ...

(SALT LAKE CITY)--A gene mutation associated with a rare sleep disorder surprisingly also contributes to debilitating migraines, a new study led by University of Utah researchers shows. The discovery ...

New research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison reveals that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining ...

Months after a teen girl died after undergoing a dental procedure in a Chicago suburb, her cause of death has been released.

Scientists looking to understand the fundamental brain mechanisms of autism spectrum disorder have found that a gene mutation known to be associated with the disorder causes an overstimulation of ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions report in the journal Nature Communications how a mutation in the enzyme SKD3 can cause a form of a genetic disease known as ...

(SALT LAKE CITY)—A 30-year-old woman with a history of upper respiratory infections had no idea she carried an immunodeficiency disorder – until her 6-year-old son was diagnosed with the same illness.

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. Zika virus, an infectious virus ...

Scientists have shown that defects in the protein CAPRIN1 are the cause of various neurological impairments. These new insights were made possible by exome analyses, in which scientists observe which ...

A Spring Grove girl’s who died after a dental visit in July suffered from complications of a dental extraction surgery, the ...