An international research team, led by Shinghua Ding at the University of Missouri, has identified a previously unknown ...

Inherited diseases should not dictate human fate. Today, with advances in genomics, a different future is within reach. In this new era of genomic medicine, Manhattan Genomics, led by serial biotech ...

Motor neuron diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), share physical ...

A University of Missouri-led discovery could pave the way for improved diagnosis and treatment of unexplained movement ...

An international team led by a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientist has created a first-of-its-kind resource ...

New artificial intelligence models are capable of much more accurately predicting the risk of common inherited diseases after analyzing more than 1 million health records generated by routine blood ...

When a child inherits a genetic condition, it often means both parents unknowingly carried genetic variations that, when combined, led to the disease. Modern genetic testing now allows families to ...

An international team led by a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientist has created a first-of-its-kind resource ...

As newborn screening and rapid DNA sequencing become routine, we are poised to catch and treat inherited diseases at their earliest stages. Today, we can intervene in the first days or weeks of life.

New research reveals how complex interactions between genetic variants can explain different outcomes in disorders like ...

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