Northwestern University biophysicists have developed a new computational tool for identifying the gene combinations underlying complex illnesses like diabetes, cancer and asthma. Unlike single-gene ...

Tessera Therapeutics (“Tessera”), the biotechnology company pioneering a new approach in genetic medicine known as Gene Writing™, today announced four presentations of new preclinical data at the ...

For decades, psychiatrists have told patients that conditions like schizophrenia and severe depression arise from a tangled mix of genes and life experience, with no single culprit to blame. Now ...

Mutations in FMR1, the gene encoding fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein 1 (FMRP), located at Xq27.3 and discovered in 1991, are the leading single-gene causes of autism and intellectual disability.

A single one-time gene therapy could free patients with α-thalassemia, a rare and debilitating blood disorder, from the burden of lifelong transfusions. A single one-time gene therapy could free ...

It’s now possible to treat inherited blood diseases, such as sickle cell disease, with gene editing. Blood stem cells are extracted from the patient, modified, and infused back into their bone ...

A new research paper was published in Volume 18 of Aging-US on March 30, 2026, titled “A manually curated gene–phenotype ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists used a viral gene therapy to restore brain function in mice with SYNGAP1-related disorders, reducing seizures and ...

SAN FRANCISCO, California — An update on the use of whole-exome sequencing to diagnose patients who have exhausted conventional approaches kicked off the American Society of Human Genetics 62nd Annual ...