Hypercoagulability can be inherited, as in gene ... syndrome. The patient also underwent hereditary thrombophilia testing, which was negative for factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A mutations ...

Thrombocytopenia, which is a low platelet count, can be caused by problems in the bone marrow or the immune system. The bone marrow may not make enough platelets, or the immune system may destroy ...

Acquired DNA mutations found in the SERPINA1 gene can protect liver cells from damage in patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin ...

Affecting 1 in 500 people, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a condition in which the walls of the left ventricle, the heart's main pumping chamber, become abnormally thick. "HCM is one of the primary ...

An H5N1 bird flu mutation associated with increased infectiousness and disease severity has been found in two cats. Since the beginning of this year, more than 50 cats have been infected with H5N1 ...

Down syndrome is also the most common genetic cause of cognitive dysfunction. But little research has explored how gene editing tools could potentially be used to treat this condition. A new study ...

ET can develop when genetic mutations alter the function of bone marrow cells responsible for platelet production. These mutations occur in adulthood, and people are not born with them.

A researcher at Michigan State University who has long studied bird colorations said the orange patterns on this snowy owl were likely caused by some type of genetic mutation prompted by an ...

Genetic testing helps determine whether any specific gene mutations are driving your lung cancer. Once a mutation is identified, a doctor may modify your cancer treatment to target it. A genetic ...

You also cannot change whether you’ll develop a genetic mutation in your inherited genes. But just because you have a parent or sibling with ADHD doesn’t mean you’ll have it too. We inherit ...

Betsy Arakawa, the classical pianist married to Gene Hackman, died last month of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare infectious disease linked to rodents, New Mexico authorities announced Friday.