Background: Antiseizure medications (ASM) exhibit considerable interindividual variability in terms of efficacy and adverse events. Genetic variation is thought to contribute to these differences in ...

Klinefelter syndrome is a genetic condition in which a boy is born with an extra X chromosome. Instead of the typical XY chromosomes in men, they have XXY, so this condition is also called XXY ...

Genetic testing can help you know the future, and while the truth might shock some people, it's given one woman the power to take control of her health. Ms Bellette discovered she inherited a BRCA ...

A large new analysis suggests that some people carry genetic variants that make them more likely to have female than male offspring. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Researchers flip genes on and off with AI-designed DNA switches The new method could revolutionize gene therapy and biotechnology by allowing precise activation or repression of genes in specific ...

Their new approach opens the possibility of controlling when and where genes are expressed in the body, for the benefit of human health and medical research, in ways never before possible.

The study tested 76,000 people in 19 countries. It found 254 genetic variations that can carry a higher risk of ADHD or Parkinson's. An international DNA and brain structure study led by ...

Unlike medical providers, genetic testing companies aren’t bound by health privacy laws such as HIPAA despite the health information DNA contains. Even if these companies ostensibly promise to ...

A U.S. startup company is reportedly offering wealthy couples the chance to screen their embryos for IQ and other favorable genetic traits, which has raised ethical concerns. Heliospect Genomics ...

By Gina Kolata Photographs by Kenny Holston Gina Kolata visited Kendric Cromer and his parents for the third time as she has followed his gene therapy at Children’s National Hospital in ...

GWAS revealed 254 genetic variants associated with brain volume across those regions, explaining up to 10% of the observed differences in brain volume across participants in the study.

aDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, and The Mah Pooi Soo & Tan Chin Nam Centre for Parkinson's & Related Disorders, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ...