Psychiatric disorders share genetic variants that cluster into five main factors. Understanding shared biology could improve ...

Study of 2 million people shows genetic risk for nine major mental illnesses including schizophrenia and anxiety, varies by age and treatment, often lacking specificity.

World Down Syndrome Day on March 21 highlights Trisomy 21, a genetic condition affecting millions. While biology is ...

A mum has given an insight into her daughter’s life, who is left locked in her body due to a “devastating” rare condition.

Positive 12-month Phase 2 data for NDV-01 in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) demonstrated a 95% complete response (CR) rate at any time and a durable 76% CR rate at 12 months, with ...

When a grandfather struggled with his granddaughter’s devastating diagnosis of a rare childhood disorder, he turned to music.

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Although mental disorders have multifactorial causes, genetics can explain some of them, yet this field remains largely unexplored in terms of guiding diagnoses and treatments. In the largest study of ...

Aging men often lose the Y chromosome in a growing number of their cells—and it may be far more dangerous than once believed.

When closely related species mate, their offspring sometimes survive but cannot reproduce. This pattern often affects males first, with hybrid males frequently failing to produce functional sperm even ...

Researchers at Cardiff University have uncovered how a particularly severe form of DNA damage arises—shedding new light on mutation processes that contribute to cancer and inherited genetic conditions ...