Rare diseases - a medical condition so obscure that even your doctor has to Google. Despite their name, these diseases ...

Early research shows a one-time gene therapy has potential for addressing both the liver and lung disease that patients with ...

Emery, a young girl born with two of the rarest mutations of Cystic Fibrosis, desperately wanted a dog—a Corgi to be exact.

While both are called medullary carcinoma, these cancers differ in many ways: ...

Genetics plays a crucial role in the manifestation and progression of over 6,800 rare diseases, including but not limited to, genetic disorders, rare ...

POLG-related diseases disrupt the function of the mitochondria, or "powerhouses" of the cell — starving them of energy.

X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency disease (X-SCID) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by profound defects in ...

Deacon Brady, a young boy with Developmental Epileptic Encephalopathy 41 (DEE41), a rare genetic mutation, is the focus of a fundraising effort to acquire a specialized bicycle that accommodates his ...

Blood donation is an important way to support community health. A consistent, reliable and safe blood supply is necessary to ...

Jordan Adams - one half of The FTD Brothers - has revealed his 'big dream' since quitting his job following his diagnosis ...

An effective HIV-1 vaccine must therefore elicit antibodies that can neutralize many variants of the virus. While broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) have been isolated from HIV-1 infected ...

Two more people have been potentially cured of HIV after receiving stem cell transplants to treat blood cancer or bone marrow ...