A patient death in a CRISPR trial halts gene editing studies, raising critical safety questions. What this means for the ...

State Sen. Danny Burgess and state Rep. Adam Anderson have filed legislation that would address a shortage of genetic ...

A new CRISPR approach can control genes without cutting DNA, opening a safer path for treating genetic diseases. A newly ...

An HIV-derived nucleoside therapy now treats rare genetic diseases by restoring mitochondrial DNA and improving muscle ...

Scientists discovered that aging DNA repeats expand at wildly different speeds—and in some people, the consequences can be devastating. A sweeping genetic study drawing on data from more than 900,000 ...

An analysis of genetic data from over 900,000 people shows that certain stretches of DNA, made up of short sequences repeated ...

Tiffany Fransen, diagnosed with Friedreich's ataxia, faces challenges from this rare disease. The genetic disorder affects ...

Genetics play a role in low testosterone for some men, but underlying causes vary widely. Many genes influence testosterone ...

A genetic mutation passed from mother to children in families affected by schizophrenia has now been shown to completely ...

Brenna Henn had a long-term grant to study the genetic diversity of Africans and people of African descent. Then her N.I.H.

Researchers spotlight how selecting cattle for lower methane emissions could deliver long-term gains in efficiency and ...

How to balance patient confidentiality with your ethical and legal duties to inform family of hereditary risks.