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

When a child inherits a genetic condition, it often means both parents unknowingly carried genetic variations that, when combined, led to the disease. Modern genetic testing now allows families to ...

As newborn screening and rapid DNA sequencing become routine, we are poised to catch and treat inherited diseases at their earliest stages. Today, we can intervene in the first days or weeks of life.

A new "proteomic" blood test can accurately screen a newborn's DNA for thousands of rare, inherited diseases by analyzing just a single-milliliter sample, according to a study to be presented Monday.

A new study challenges what's long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause inherited blindness.

Rare genetic disorders are typically caused by a variant in a single gene. It is estimated that there are over 7000 such conditions, meaning that although individually rare, they are collectively ...

“Science gave us a chance,” one mother said after being a part of the pioneering IVF technique that was used to prevent inherited diseases gorodenkoff/Getty Stock Image Scientists at Newcastle ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with inherited retinal diseases may present with seemingly routine conditions. Look for comorbid ...

Approximately 1 in 11 patients with kidney failure requiring replacement therapy have inherited kidney diseases or congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract. Genetic testing is warranted to ...

A recent study finds that certain psychiatric disorders have considerable genetic overlap. But these genes aren’t the whole ...

The technical name of the disorder is hepatolenticular degeneration, a mouthful that has moved physicians to call it Wilson’s disease, after the doctor who first described it. But by any name it is ...