Around the globe, heart disease remains one of the top causes of death. Once patients begin to suffer from serious heart ...

Researchers say findings help to bridge the structure of the genome to its function in managing how genes are turned on and off.

What if the brain's response to stress could be read not in fleeting neurotransmitter bursts, but in the quieting of genes ...

Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human genome—comprising about 17% of the genome. It is commonly called a "jumping gene" or ...

Acute myeloid leukemia driven by tandem duplications within the UBTF gene (UBTF-TD AML) is a high-risk pediatric cancer in ...

Some of the most expensive drugs currently in use are gene therapies to treat specific diseases, and their high cost limits ...

A Northwestern Medicine-led study has identified mutations in the gene CEP76 as a new cause of ciliopathies, shedding light on a complex group of disorders that affect multiple body systems, according ...

Scientists have identified hundreds of genes that may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease but the roles these ...