Experimental gene therapies like AMT‑130 lower toxic huntingtin protein and significantly slow Huntington’s disease, offering ...

No gene acts alone: interacting variants and protein partnerships can worsen, mask or even rescue disease risk, demanding ...

Molecular biologist Cynthia Kenyon speaks about her seminal discovery and excitement for the future of longevity research ...

A Northwestern Medicine-led study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation has uncovered why older individuals with ...

After years of studying genes that increase risk for Alzheimer’s disease, scientists report the promising discovery of DNA that does the opposite: the first gene variant that protects people against ...

Researchers have refined a powerful DNA sequencing tool that can uncover hidden mutations that occur naturally in our bodies as we age. In the largest study to date, they have used the tool to provide ...

Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), small pieces of DNA released from dying tumor cells into the bloodstream, can be easily and non-invasively identified and examined through a simple blood test. This ...

A new single-cell profiling technique has mapped pre-malignant gene mutations and their effects in solid tissues for the ...

A new study shows that cancer damages its own DNA by pushing key genes to work too hard. Researchers found that the most ...

An affordable new BRCA gene test has hit the market, but who should take it? — -- A new genetic testing kit that hits the market today is the most affordable, and arguably one of the simplest, ...

Orphan Drug Designation applies to approximately 50,000 Patients who predominantly suffer from severe chronic pain due ...