OTO, is one of several early-stage gene therapies being developed to treat relatively straight-forward causes of genetic ...

The root causes of most forms of Alzheimer's disease largely remain a mystery. Now, researchers have revealed a new piece of ...

For most of us, getting less than seven hours of sleep translates into grogginess, sluggish thinking, and an overwhelming ...

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

An inhalable medicine with the potential to improve lung disease in people with cystic fibrosis, irrespective of their mutation type, is being tested in human trials in the UK and Europe.

Brandi Muhle was 9 years old when her 35-year-old mother, an Omaha police officer and a marathon runner, was first diagnosed ...

Neurogeneticists have discovered a novel genetic mutation and associated buildup of toxic proteins in the brain -- a type of buildup distinct from amyloid or tau, proteins that have long been the ...

It is estimated to affect 105,000 people worldwide. There are more than 2,000 known mutations in the CFTR gene, which lead to different levels of the severity of the disease. Lentiviral vectors ...

New research shows people in specific Polynesian communities have a much higher rate of a form of Parkinson’s disease ...

The 2024 Uganda Bureau of Statistics census report indicates that 5.7 per cent of the population has a disability showing a ...

Human protection against bird flu may be easier than scientists previously thought, thanks to new findings about the core ...