From life-altering genetic conditions to promising new treatments, here's what you need to know about 7 inherited diseases ...

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a debilitating genetic condition that’s usually fatal by a few years of age. But an ...

A study finds that lifestyle and environment influence health more than genetics. Smoking, income, and exercise shape disease ...

Batten disease is a rare genetic disorder affecting 3 in 100,000 babies in the U.S., causing neurodegeneration, seizures, ...

Gene therapy represents a paradigm shift in modern medicine, offering unprecedented opportunities to combat diseases at their ...

Nurture is more influential than nature when it comes to number of major diseases and premature death, according to a new study.Environmental factors are almost 10 times more important than genetic ...

Blood proteins serve as crucial indicators of health and disease risk throughout development. Now, researchers at the ...

Jace’s mum DJ, 35, told the PA news agency: “Pre-surgery, at around two years old, you could have held up any object, even a ...

Four young children have gained life-changing improvements in sight following treatment with a pioneering new genetic ...

As key members of the Johns Hopkins Department of Genetic Medicine, genetic counselors help patients with rare diseases ...

Medics at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL injected healthy copies of the affected gene into the back of eye for the pioneering gene therapy. | ITV News London ...