What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—In an unprecedented international study, researchers from Europe and the United States have shown that individuals carrying a particular genetic variant in the PHACTR1 gene are at ...

The genetic causes of very early menopause will have to be reconsidered after researchers found that nearly all women who carried variations thought to cause the condition in fact had their menopause ...

For centuries, we’ve thought of these changes as part of the "genetic lottery," something we can't control. Science is now ...

Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui studies molecular diagnostics of rare genetic disorders using genome sequencing and family-based analyses to better understand variants that cause disease. Gonzaga-Jauregui is ...

Genetic variation affecting developmental genes not previously linked to urethral development may contribute to a congenital condition that is the most common cause of kidney failure in young males, a ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), more commonly known as simply lupus, is a chronic autoimmune disease that provokes symptoms from skin rashes and fevers all the way to chronic fatigue and ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease. Enhanced activity of the TLR7 signaling pathway — which is involved in RNA sensing — is linked to the pathogenesis of SLE, but no ...

Our genetics, the environment and our age all play important roles in our health, but which of these is the most important? A new study suggests that in many cases, age plays a more important role ...

Two to five percent of all people are affected by Raynaud's phenomenon: In cold or stressful conditions, the small blood vessels that supply the skin constrict and the fingers or toes turn white.