The short answer is yes, PCOS has a complex genetic predisposition. However, lifestyle and environmental factors also play a ...

Gene editing technique developed in Switzerland shows promise in curing Stargardt disease, a rare genetic eye disease causing ...

Here authors show reserpine's disease gene-independent influence on photoreceptor survival and emphasizes the importance of considering biological sex in understanding inherited retinal degeneration ...

Neurobiology, Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of ...

Despite it being a recessive genetic condition, Elliot’s family has no prior history of the disease. His parents said doctors later told them that there was no way the condition could have been ...

Polygenic scores (PGS) are metrics used to estimate the genetic predisposition of people to developing specific mental health conditions, personality traits or diseases. In recent years ...

For 30 years, researchers have known that Huntington’s disease is caused by an inherited mutation in the Huntingtin (HTT) gene in which a three-letter DNA sequence, C-A-G, is repeated at least 40 ...

But Gounder had an idea: Perhaps Wolff's genes could point them in the right direction. Dr. Mrinal Gounder, a sarcoma medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York ...

The study identifies 106 genetic variants linked to occupational status, highlighting the interplay between genetics, family environment, and childhood aspirations.

“Albinism is an autosomal recessive trait, meaning both parents must contribute a recessive gene for the individual to be an albino,” said Anaya.The condition occurs in roughly one out of ...

Scientists have found 697 genetic variants – or small changes within a gene – linked to depression, of which almost 300 were previously unknown. A Queensland scientist described the project as ...