Growth charts for children with rare genetic disorders - giving healthcare professionals and families clearer guidance on how a child is developing - have been created by an international team, led by ...

Massive Swedish study of over two million people reveals that genetic risk for mental illness often points toward ...

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 ...

A sweeping new peer-reviewed study published in Genomic Psychiatry has introduced a concept that could reshape how psychiatrists and geneticists think about mental illness: genetic specificity.

Many psychiatric disorders are more biologically related than previously understood, having more genetic similarities than differences, a new study shows. More research is needed to understand how ...

A new study by researchers at King's College London has split schizophrenia risk into two genetically distinct pathways. One ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new study from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) shows 14 psychiatric disorders share genetic roots, which can explain why some people have multiple diagnoses. The study, ...

Researchers identified over 400 genetic variants linked to autoimmune hypothyroidism, separating immune and thyroid-specific ...

You’ve likely heard people mention that they have inherited certain health conditions from their family. These are known as genetic disorders—conditions passed down from parents through DNA. In this ...

Researchers led by the University of Vienna and Liège University Hospital Centre have identified genetic variants associated with a rare inherited growth disorder in two prehistoric individuals who ...