Autism is a topic many families think about, especially when a child shows signs of developmental differences. People often wonder what causes autism, whether it’s something in the environment, a ...
A new statistical framework could speed up the search for rare mutations that cause common diseases, helping researchers zero ...
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 ...
Researchers have uncovered shared genetic pathways that link multiple psychiatric disorders. These new findings have the potential to change the way psychiatric disorders are diagnosed and treated, ...
A rare genetic disorder discovered by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and their colleagues can cause brain damage from dangerously low blood sugar levels and liver damage in infants, along ...
Eating disorders (ED) such as anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge-eating disorder (BED), and other eating disorders (OED), are often chronic and debilitating disorders occurring in 5–10 ...
A sweeping genomic analysis reveals how psychiatric disorders cluster into five biological families, exposing shared pathways and pinpointing where their genetic roots diverge. Study: Mapping the ...
Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause ...
The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which can affect the size and development of sex organs Getty New DNA research reveals that Adolf Hitler had a rare sexual disorder The disorder, known as ...
Increasing prevalence of cannabis use and cannabis use disorder (CanUD) may increase risk for psychiatric disorders. We evaluated the relationships between these cannabis traits and a range of ...