A recent study of a million people with 14 psychiatric disorders showed these disorders fell into five genetic clusters.

While a majority of the therapies currently in development are life-long treatments, Genespire is taking a different approach ...

Research co-led by King's College London and Sidra Medicine, Qatar, has produced the most detailed map to date of large-scale ...

Reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Key Takeaways: Hormones control essential processes like growth, metabolism, mood, and ...

Huntington's disease diagnosis is confirmed with a genetic test. A clinical history and medical evaluation are used to define symptom onset. Disease staging and surveillance for complications are ...

The company made an even more dramatic claim the following month, when it announced it had created three dire wolves. These ...

A sweeping new study of psychiatric and genetic records has the potential to change treatment for millions of psychiatric ...

The study used large-scale CRISPR gene-editing technology to systematically determine which genes are required as embryonic stem cells develop into brain cells. An international team of scientists has ...

“Ultimately, we'll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.”—James D. Watson A recent ...

Researchers have uncovered shared genetic pathways that link multiple psychiatric disorders. These new findings have the potential to change the way psychiatric disorders are diagnosed and treated, ...

CORONA, Calif. (KABC) -- A teenage girl is alive thanks to an experimental gene therapy treatment created at UCLA. She was born with a rare genetic disorder, so any common infection could've killed ...

Substance Use Disorders (alcohol, opioid, nicotine, cannabis) These five factors together accounted for two-thirds of the genetic risk for the individual disorders - evidence that different ...