An immune-related gene has now been tied to a rare inherited neurological disorder, revealing an overlooked pathway in the nervous system.

Lysosomal Storage Disorders are genetic conditions caused by enzyme deficiencies that lead to harmful substance buildup in cells, resulting in progressive organ damage. Common disorders in India ...

Despite modern high-throughput sequencing, the genetic cause of most rare movement disorders remains unclear. A research team ...

A multinational collaboration co-led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, in collaboration with Rockefeller University, and Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, has uncovered a ...

At 17, he started his long journey through addiction treatment units. Now 22, he has been treated numerous times in the psychiatric unit of his local hospital for bipolar disorder, dual diagnosis, and ...

Several children in the UAE, facing developmental delays and muscle weakness underwent standard genetic tests only for the results to turn up empty-handed. Parents were anxious, children confused and ...

How UAE-Based Geneticist Helped Identify Previously Unknown Rare Genetic Disorder . El-Hattab-Schmidt syndrome was first described in 2018 after clinicians identified children with similar neurologica ...

Although mental disorders have multifactorial causes, genetics can explain some of them, yet this field remains largely unexplored in terms of guiding diagnoses and treatments. In the largest study of ...

From dwarfism to overgrowth, scientists unravel the complex genetic blueprint that determines how tall—or short—we become. Review: The genetic basis of human height. Image Credit: XiXinXing / ...

Scientists say that 55 percent of differences in human lifespan are due to genetic makeup, much more than previously believed ...