Research on Tourette’s indicates that the condition is strongly influenced by inherited genetic factors, with environmental factors also contributing to its development. Tourette syndrome is a ...

Cystic fibrosis represents one of the most common inherited genetic disorders affecting people of European descent, touching the lives of approximately 30,000 individuals in the United States alone.

The blueprint of who we are begins with the genes passed down from our parents. While these inherited traits give us our eye color and height, they can also contain instructions that increase our risk ...

Mental illness is often described in abstract terms, but is rooted in the brain. A study reveals that genes influencing ...

Jaime Murillo, MD, explores genetic inheritance patterns of Lp(a) from childhood to adulthood, highlighting stability, factors affecting measurement, and awareness challenges among those in the health ...

Several genes with varying inheritance patterns are involved in determining your blood type. The most significant gene is the ABO gene which determines your ABO blood type. Like many of your physical ...

Differences in treatment patterns, not genetics, appear to cause wide disparities in prostate cancer outcomes, according to the results of a new study. Prostate cancer, which affects 1 in 11 men aged ...

A pattern of binge drinking rather than overall alcohol consumption is a more accurate indicator of liver disease risk, according to a new UK study. The research from University College London (UCL), ...

A team of geneticists and animal welfare specialists from the U.K. and one from the U.S. has identified the genetic mutation responsible for a newly discovered cat coat color pattern in Finland. In ...