Germline genetic screening can identify whether a patient with cancer has inherited genetic alterations in a gene or genes ...

A gene primarily active in fat and muscles could make a person more susceptible to anorexia nervosa, a deadly eating disorder ...

A top official with the World Health Organization said Wednesday it doesn't know how a lab worker in Siberia died, and she urged Russia to provide more information about a case that prompted global ...

Having access to enough food does not necessarily mean having access to a nutritionally adequate diet. New research among ...

Three of England's seven NHS genetics laboratories are failing to routinely share vital information about genetic variants in ...

Decades before the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease appear, some changes associated with the disease may begin to leave ...

New research shows the efficacy and safety of hydroxyurea treatment for sickle cell anemia at four low-income sites in Africa ...

Vaccination against a common respiratory virus during pregnancy lowers the risk of severe disease in babies by 74%, but ...

Receiving the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine before pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of major pregnancy ...

People were about 19 percentage points less likely to recommend life-sustaining treatment for a seriously ill patient with ...

A few years ago, 30 special forces veterans suffering for years with the psychiatric consequences of multiple traumatic brain ...

A new organoid model built with human lung fragments may help us answer key questions about one of the body's first lines of ...