Common genetic variants can prevent antibody therapies from binding their targets, reducing treatment effectiveness. The ...

There are genetic tests that may be useful for people affected by dementia. Read more about genetic testing for dementia – what it involves, what it can help with and when it is covered on the NHS.

Genetics may explain why children who live in homes without fathers have sex at a younger age than others, according to a report published today. The study, published in the American journal Child ...

Genetic testing for ATTR can detect transthyretin mutations and offer crucial information about risk, monitoring, and treatment, if needed. Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a genetic condition that ...

Groundbreaking research at Seattle Children's Hospital provides critical genetic diagnoses for newborns within 48 hours.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and genetic testing proved to be lifesaving for the women featured in this story. Jodi Lavery discovered she had a BRCA-2 gene mutation, ...

If your estimated breast cancer risk suggests that you are at high risk of developing breast cancer, you should be offered genetic counselling before you are offered any genetic testing. Genetic ...

People with the highest PHS score were found to have an earlier than expected age of onset of the disease by up to 10 years (Getty) New forms of genetic testing could allow people to discover their ...

A research team at Rabin Medical Center has developed a groundbreaking model that could significantly change the way genetic risk is assessed for expectant Jewish parents. Today, Jewish couples around ...

A blood test for children born with cataracts will allow faster diagnosis and more personalised treatment, according to researchers from Manchester. The team, from the Centre for Genomic Medicine at ...

World Athletics is within "touching distance" of carrying out gene testing on all female athletes before the start of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Rules requiring all athletes in the ...

Parents and adults spend a lot of time worrying about the influence of friends and peers when it comes to teen substance use – drinking alcohol, binge drinking, marijuana use and other illicit drugs.