The mutation has been linked to heart failure and sudden cardiac death.

Animals that dwell at high altitudes have adapted to cope with low oxygen levels, a condition that damages a vital part of nerve cells ...

One of the symptoms of schizophrenia is difficulty incorporating new information about the world. This can lead patients to struggle with making decisions and, eventually, to lose touch with reality.

IU researchers have linked an age-related blood condition to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and identified a potential treatment to reduce the severity of inflammation-driven diseases.

Across treatment classes, CH associated with increased therapy-related cytopenias, particularly neutropenia, and DNMT3A/TET2 ...

A new study has found a rare genetic mutation that allows some of us to get only a few short hours of sleep and wake up feeling fully rested and wide awake.

Women of Kenya’s Turkana community often walk miles each day in scorching heat to collect water for their animals and personal consumption. Credit: Julien Ayroles/UC Berkeley. F ...

Most lethal mutations in wild fruit flies are driven by newly transferred jumping genes, not small DNA errors, according to a new study from Duke University. The findings, published in PLOS Biology, ...