Huntington’s Disease May Be Driven by Toxic HTT1a Protein Fragment
Credit: GettyImages/ dani3315 Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine have identified a specific fragment of…
Visceral Fat-Resident Macrophages Identified as New Drug Target for Type 2 Diabetes
Credit: iStock/dml5050 Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have found that protecting a subset of…
Childhood ADHD Tied to Higher Risk of Physical Health Problems by Midlife
Credit: SIphotography/Getty Images People who show attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) traits in childhood are more likely to experience physical…
Cancer-Related Genetic Variants May Be Inherited by Five Percent of People
Credit: frimages/Getty Images One in every 20 people may inherit a genetic variant in key genes that make…
Reporter’s Notebook: The Overdue Breakout for Gene Therapy and Gene Editing
As gene editing enters a new era, leaders discuss Baby KJ’s implications for families, science, and industry. (Left…
GeneDx Announced as Sequencing Partner for Sunshine Genetics Act Pilot
Source: JGI/Jamie Grill / Getty Images Genetic sequencing and diagnostics company GeneDx announced this week that it would…
Genetic Breast Cancer Risk Impacted by Affected Family Members
Credit: PonyWang/Getty Images Women who have inherited genes linked with breast cancer may have a markedly altered risk…
Genetic Screening Highlighted During Pink Power Hour
MyRisk genetic screening kit that was distributed to 350 participants at the Pink Power Hour [Corinna Singleman] October…
Rare Mutation Reveals Target for Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention
Credit: Miyako Nakamura / iStock / Getty Images Plus Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have…
AI Model Finds Gene Targets and Drug Combos to Reprogram Diseased Cells
Credit: FlashMovie/Getty Images Traditional drug discovery has often followed the “one drug, one target” paradigm—developing compounds against individual…
Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Xenotransplants Get IND Clearance for Clinical Trials
Credit: Marcela Ruth Romero / iStock / Getty Images Plus In January 2025, Tim Andrews was non-ambulatory, in…
Autism Genes Could Have Conferred Evolutionary Benefit
Credit: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images Genes relating to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) could have conferred benefits during…