A highly mutated COVID variant, BA.3.2 or “Cicada,” is spreading globally, especially in the US. Experts warn its spike ...

A genetic variant carried by at least one-fifth of the population may do far more than raise the odds of developing Alzheimer ...

An analysis of two large cohort studies finds that carriers of disease-causing variants within genes for three ...

People with MS who carry the APOE4 gene variant show greater signs of nerve damage and cognitive decline than those who don't ...

Inherited variations in antibody genes can affect how we respond to infections and vaccines, show two new studies from ...

A blood test clarifies which gene variants truly cause congenital heart defects, linking diagnosis to more precise ...

When a person with cancer finds out they carry an inherited genetic variant that puts them at higher risk of cancer, the ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have identified new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A genetic variant is likely putting some children suffering with myocarditis — inflammation of the heart muscle — at higher risk of developing heart failure, which can be fatal, ...

For thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on drinking water that would make most people ...