An estimated 170,000 Australians were diagnosed with cancer in 2025. Many people know the causes of cancer are partly genetic. But how do your genes, which contribute so much of what makes you you, ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions report in the journal Nature Communications how a mutation in the enzyme SKD3 can cause a form of a genetic disease known as ...

Most mutations that cause disease by swapping one amino acid out for another do so by making the protein less stable, according to a major study of human protein variants that was published in Nature ...

Although the genetic cause of many diseases have been identified, it’s estimated that as many as 70% of patients with a rare disorder do not know what causes their disease. Millions of people live ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Genetic changes or mutations can cause hereditary kidney ...

An international team of researchers has identified DNA mutations in a gene that senses viral RNA, as a cause of the autoimmune disease lupus, with the finding paving the way for the development of ...

Researchers from the Neuromuscular Diseases Group and the Dementia Neurobiology Group of the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) and the Memory Unit of the Sant Pau Hospital, led by neurologist ...

For generations, the word "cancer" has been synonymous with a sense of inevitability; a roll of the genetic dice that few can escape. We often view it as a looming shadow that strikes without warning ...

Scientists have identified mutations in the CPD gene as a key cause of a rare congenital hearing loss, revealing how disruptions in arginine and nitric oxide signaling damage sensory cells in the ear.

NEW YORK — Close gatherings over the Thanksgiving holiday could cause an uptick in emergency room visits in New York due to a trio of respiratory illnesses that typically rise this time of year, as ...

Close gatherings over the Thanksgiving holiday could cause an uptick in emergency room visits in Illinois due to a trio of respiratory illnesses that typically rise this time of year, as well as a new ...