In utero gene therapy uses prenatal genetic screening to identify fetuses with lethal mutations and delivers corrective genes ...

Genetic testing can help doctors diagnose some neurological disorders, such as Huntington’s disease. It can also provide insights into a person’s risk of future health conditions. Genetic testing ...

As newborn screening and rapid DNA sequencing become routine, we are poised to catch and treat inherited diseases at their earliest stages. Today, we can intervene in the first days or weeks of life.

Autoimmune diseases affect millions of people around the world and can have a major impact on daily life. A common concern for people living with these conditions is whether they can pass them on to ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., May 25 (UPI) --A new rapid blood test for newborns could potentially detect genetic mutations linked to thousands of rare diseases all at once, greatly improving on current ...

Psychiatric disorders often overlap and can make diagnosis difficult. Depression and anxiety, for example, can coexist and share symptoms. Schizophrenia and anorexia nervosa. Autism and attention ...

For many couples, planning a family begins with conversations about finances, careers, homes, and hopes for the future. Rarely does it begin with a discussion about genes. For thousands of families ...

An international collective of researchers is delivering new insights into why having multiple psychiatric disorders is the norm rather than the exception. In a study published today in the journal ...

Genetics is just one of several factors thought to influence personality disorder development. Life experiences, family dynamics, coping mechanisms, and social learning may all be contributing factors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new "proteomic" blood test can accurately screen a newborn's DNA for thousands of rare, inherited diseases by analyzing just a ...