A 75-year-old man with a genetic predisposition for Alzheimer’s has yet to show signs of the disease. Could this offer insights on new preventive and therapeutic avenues?

An infant with a fatal genetic disease has survived past the age of 2 with no signs of the condition, thanks to treatment ...

Only around two percent of the human genome codes for proteins, and while those proteins carry out many important functions ...

Scientists discovered that DNA mutations influence aging by altering epigenetic changes and biological clocks.

In a global study led by Dr Brian Chung Hong-yin (left), the HKUMed research team identifies a novel gene, DDX39B, for a rare ...

From life-altering genetic conditions to promising new treatments, here's what you need to know about 7 inherited diseases ...

In December 2023, through the development efforts of CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, their decades-long ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a debilitating genetic condition that’s usually fatal by a few years of age. But an ...

A team of US scientists has developed a new foundation model that can sift through genetic code across biology's five ...

Gain-of-function mutations in fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) genes are known to cause a range of skeletal disorders ...

An FDA-approved osteoporosis treatment might nudge a mutated protein back into shape and improve heart function, according to ...

A man who should have developed early-onset Alzheimer's disease due to a genetic mutation is still symptom-free in his 70s.