Researchers identified biallelic variants in RNU2-2 as the cause of a recessive neurodevelopmental disorder marked by ...

A blood test clarifies which gene variants truly cause congenital heart defects, linking diagnosis to more precise ...

A research team led by Zhen-Xing Endowed Professor Jian Yang at the School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, has ...

Rare genetic traits are features that are uncommon within the general population. They can lead to different observable features or to rare physical abilities. Rare genetic traits are typically ...

Parents' genes -- even when not directly inherited by a child -- may play a role in their educational and mental health outcomes, finds a new report. Parents' genes -- even when not directly inherited ...

Researchers analyze 2.2 million genomes to show that addiction risk is primarily driven by broad genes affecting brain wiring and impulse control, not drug-specific traits.

Type 2 diabetes is often triggered by a sedentary lifestyle or poor diet. At the same time, however, some people have genes ...