Months after a teen girl died after undergoing a dental procedure in a Chicago suburb, her cause of death has been released.

Scientists have identified mutations in the CPD gene as a key cause of a rare congenital hearing loss, revealing how ...

A 17-year-old Spring Grove girl died from complications during a dental extraction surgery in Grayslake this summer, the Cook ...

Microcephaly is a congenital malformation that leads to a significantly reduced brain size and is often accompanied by ...

(SALT LAKE CITY)--A gene mutation associated with a rare sleep disorder surprisingly also contributes to debilitating migraines, a new study led by University of Utah researchers shows. The discovery ...

Researchers have understood for decades that some forms of deafness are inherited, yet until now, few of those genetic clues ...

The disease - called Mutation in NAMPT Axonopathy (MINA) syndrome - causes damage to motor neurons, the nerve cells that send signals from the brain and spinal cord to muscles. It's the result of a ...

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 ...

Scientists have shown that defects in the protein CAPRIN1 are the cause of various neurological impairments. These new insights were made possible by exome analyses, in which scientists observe which ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] A study has revealed that the cause of schizophrenia, which often causes significant social controversy due to brutal incidents, is not congenital but due to ...

(SALT LAKE CITY)—A 30-year-old woman with a history of upper respiratory infections had no idea she carried an immunodeficiency disorder – until her 6-year-old son was diagnosed with the same illness.

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. Zika virus, an infectious virus ...