The results, published May 5 in Nature Genetics, offer a new way to understand the molecular roots of cancer — an especially ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising overlap between cancer genetics and Alzheimer’s disease, involving mutations in the ...

Aplastic anemia is a rare, life-threatening blood disorder where patients are unable to make enough blood cells due to the ...

The saying "cold hands, warm heart" is usually meant metaphorically—but new research from UC Davis School of Medicine and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — There is a rare gene mutation linked to sudden cardiac death and heart failure called phospholamban (PLN). It may not be very common worldwide, but likely more so in West Michigan ...

Researchers have found that microglia in Alzheimer’s patients carry cancer-associated mutations, some also present in blood cells, suggesting these altered immune cells may infiltrate the brain and ...

Without 8 or 9 hours of sleep, most of us end up staggering around like zombies. But according to a new study, some people have a genetic mutation that makes them feel perfectly alive after sleeping ...

In mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), an aggressive form of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, TP53 mutations are known to affect patients’ prognosis—but questions remain. What does the heterogeneity of TP53 ...

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.