Mutations in the tumor suppressor TP53 are a common cause of cancer, making the altered protein an attractive target for ...

For 10% of colorectal cancer patients, hereditary factors play a role, with higher percentages among younger patients.

Aurora Therapeutics, cofounded by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Jennifer Doudna, plans to use gene editing and a new FDA ...

Scientists discovered that aging DNA repeats expand at wildly different speeds—and in some people, the consequences can be devastating. A sweeping genetic study drawing on data from more than 900,000 ...

Researchers from Radboud university medical center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating and progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss of ...

DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave.

The need to change regulations around gene-editing treatments was endorsed in November by the head of the US Food and Drug ...

Meet the luckiest people on Earth — individuals carrying a rare genetic mutation that prevents wrinkles from forming even as they age well into their 80s. These genetic lottery winners have provided ...

Genetics play a role in low testosterone for some men, but underlying causes vary widely. Many genes influence testosterone ...