Less than 30% of people with certain genetic variants go blind, despite the faulty genes previously being thought to cause ...

A new study challenges what's long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause inherited blindness.

X-linked retinoschisis gene replacement therapy, aiming to improve retinal architecture and visual function in young male ...

For decades, geneticists have known that most common illnesses are not caused by a single rogue gene but by intricate ...

Huntington’s disease (HD) is one of those rare conditions that affects not just the patient but the entire family—medically, emotionally and genetically. This inherited brain disorder causes gradual ...

A new genetic mapping strategy reveals how entire networks of genes work together to cause disease, filling in the missing ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health challenge that affects more than 800 million people worldwide. 1 CKD can be caused by a variety of disease processes. Many causes are difficult to ...

The first infant to undergo gene-editing therapy has accomplished another first — his first steps. KJ Muldoon is walking and ...

There are some 80 human diseases that in one way or another are considered autoimmune. Perhaps the most common indication of an autoimmune pathogenesis is the presence of circulating antibodies that ...

The donation from Don and Anne Edwards aims to speed research, treatment and diagnosis for children with rare and genetic ...

Don and Anne Edwards have donated $11 million to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital to establish what will be the ...