Accumulation of fat molecules is detrimental to the cell. Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have made a breakthrough in ...

A team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists has shown, for the first time, that a gene "silencer" that resides in junk DNA is directly sparing people from a devastating ...

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

A combination of human pedigree analysis and fruit fly genetics has identified a gene variant that appears to prevent PIGA-CDG, a rare but serious seizure disorder. The findings could ultimately lead ...

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has received a $35 million donation from the Paul J. DiMare Foundation — the third largest gift in the organization's history.

The UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester announced Thursday it received a $35 million gift that aims to advance research to ...

Alzheimer's disease is at the center of a revolutionary theory in neuroscience, where the mysteries of the human brain ...

WORCESTER ― A foundation that honors the life of a Massachusetts man who grew his family's produce business from a pushcart in 1928 at Boston's Haymarket into a national concern made a $35 million ...

February is Rare Disease Month, an annual effort to highlight the challenges families can face while navigating rare ...

Explore the genetic findings in 527 rare bleeding disorder cases, presented at EAHAD 2024, shedding light on novel variants.

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death nationwide, but certain communities face higher risks due to a combination ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas ...