The Barrie, Ont.-born writer says she's visiting the hospital every two weeks to get blood taken from her body, which is ...
Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington's disease, a devastating and fatal hereditary disorder that ...
Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a ...
Scientists have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause Huntington's disease leads to the death of brain cells. The findings change the understanding ...
The European consortium for Solving the Unsolved Rare Diseases has demonstrated the significance of international ...
A new mega-database of half a million mutations may flag new ways of treating genetic disease, scientists say.
Study explains long-standing question of why Huntington’s disease symptoms typically do not appear until midlife even though ...
A Livingston man will be taking on the Edinburgh half-marathon to raise money for a Craigshill girl who’s been dignosed with ...
Of the 140 million babies born worldwide each year, 6-8% are at risk for hereditary genetic diseases. Amniocentesis is considered the gold standard for detecting fetal genetic risks with high accuracy ...