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 ...

The show is based on the real story of Natalia Grace, a Ukrainian girl born with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita.

A team of international scientists has developed a method to predict the risk of developing cancer from a blood disorder common in older adults, according to a study published in the journal Blood.

aNew York University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY, USA bNew York University, School of Medicine, Center for Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurology, New York, NY, ...

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 ...

Familial hypertension can be genetic, meaning you can get a gene from a parent that increases your risk of developing high blood pressure. You may also be more prone to developing high blood pressure ...

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 ...

Click your choice to see results and speak your mind. Scientists tapped into a gene mutation in the calcium-signaling pathway of plants to enhance endosymbiosis. This approach was successful in ...

Credit: SciTechDaily.com Scientists have uncovered how mutations in the MeCP2 gene lead to Rett syndrome, a devastating neurological disorder. By removing MeCP2 in adult mice, researchers observed an ...

Jaime, Todd, and Aaron all inherited a rare PSEN1 gene mutation from their father that ... If most dementia diagnoses are colored in shades of gray, the Bortzes' cases are harshly black and ...