A n international team of researchers identified over 300 new genetic risk factors associated with depression, offering fresh ...

Smartwatches that can collect physical and physiological data on users could be potentially interesting tools in biomedicine ...

Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating hereditary disorder that strikes ...

The European consortium for Solving the Unsolved Rare Diseases has demonstrated the significance of international ...

Study explains long-standing question of why Huntington’s disease symptoms typically do not appear until midlife even though ...

A new study of nerve cells affected by Huntington’s disease (HD) reveals that the disease-causing gene slowly expands over ...

Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and ...

The Barrie, Ont.-born writer says she's visiting the hospital every two weeks to get blood taken from her body, which is ...

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 ...

Columbia researchers created an AI model that predicts gene activity in any human cell, advancing disease research and ...

A Livingston man will be taking on the Edinburgh half-marathon to raise money for a Craigshill girl who’s been dignosed with ...

Two new compounds may be able to treat retinitis pigmentosa, a group of inherited eye diseases that cause blindness. The ...