Parkinson's disease is a complex neurodegenerative disorder. The causes are still unclear, but about 10 to 15% of cases are ...

Researchers from Radboud University Medical Center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited blindness. Their study, published in Nature Genetics, shows that changes in ...

How much do your genes determine how long you'll live? It's a question that fascinates us, and one that's been debated for ...

The research, published in Science, argues that the true genetic contribution to the variation in human lifespan has been ...

Researchers still do not have a comprehensive picture of the factors that influence gene expression in human cancers. Understanding gene expression in cancer is important because it can reveal how the ...

Scientists have identified novel genetic interactions that may contribute to congenital heart disease (CHD), a common birth defect. Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and ...

A new study combines genetic data and improved computational tools to look more closely at GWAS results for both adult-onset and childhood-onset asthma. The research identified many genetic variants ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital (Duncan NRI) have created a new way to measure genetic variants in the ...

Generalized pustular psoriasis may be caused or triggered by various factors, including genetic mutations, infections, and certain medications. Generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) is a severe form of ...

A new study from Mount Sinai presents a novel methodology for investigating digenic inheritance in human disease, identifying gene pairs involved in congenital heart disease. “Our research reveals the ...