Daniel Cressy, 23, has become the first person in the Gulf South to become functionally cured of sickle cell disease using ...

All living organisms are known to inherit genes, DNA sequences that contain instructions for producing specific proteins and ...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterised by short attention spans and ...

Scientists have discovered a rare genetic condition which causes people to age at a much faster rate - and could help develop ...

Researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging have uncovered evidence that a single genetic variant may influence the risk of two of the diseases people fear most—dementia ...

Hoarding disorder is often described as if it might be “caused” by a single errant chromosome, but the trajectory of genetic research, from early linkage ...

Every year, bacteria kill more than a million people worldwide through infections that no longer respond to antibiotics. In ...

Scientists have discovered a rare genetic condition which causes people to age at a much faster rate, offering fresh insights ...

When standard leukaemia treatments failed, 13-year-old Alyssa Tapley was told she had only weeks left – but then she was ...

While most cancers occur sporadically, around 5 to 10 per cent are linked to hereditary cancer syndromes that can be passed ...