Nurture is more influential than nature when it comes to number of major diseases and premature death, according to a new study.Environmental factors are almost 10 times more important than genetic ...

Rett syndrome is a rare genetic disease affecting 1 in 10,000 newborn girls, characterized by sudden regression around 1 year ...

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Anyone with four kids usually has their hands full and Roseli Quakkelaar is no exception. But on top of the usual school and ...

BioMarin's gene therapy pipeline has had setbacks, including a three-year delay in US approval of Roctavian and stalled development of PKU gene therapy BMN 307 as the Food and Drug Administration ...

This is a developing news story. Please check back soon for updates. Seonix Bio launched SightScore, a polygenic risk score ...

Under terms of the deal, Stoke will spearhead global development of zorevunersen, while Biogen will receive exclusive rights ...

PanCAN Chief Scientific & Medical Officer Dr. Anna Berkenblit offers insight into the new NCCN guidelines, discusses the new ...

Qure's AMT-130 shows 80% Huntington's progress reduction, eyeing FDA approval. Click here to read why I rate QURE stock a Buy ...

In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells, research led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ...

Scientists have identified novel genetic interactions that may contribute to congenital heart disease (CHD), a common birth defect.

Three pediatric patients, including one child from Green Bay, are heading west for a once-in-a-lifetime trip at spring ...