Almost 1,500 genes have been implicated in intellectual disabilities; yet for most people with such disabilities, genetic causes remain unknown. Perhaps this is in part because geneticists have been ...

The genome has thousands of genes that code for proteins, which help carry out many of the cell's important functions. But ...

Investigators led by Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified mutations in a gene coding for a key ion channel in the ...

Not all parts of our genetic code are equal, even when they appear to say the same thing. Scientists have discovered that ...

Scientists have found new genetic causes for diabetes in babies—in a part of the genome that has historically been overlooked ...

(L to R) Co-first author Jackson Mobley, PhD, corresponding author Daniel Savic, PhD, and co-first author Kashi Raj Bhattarai, PhD, all of the St. Jude Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical ...

Why cells grow to just the right size has long baffled scientists. Too small or too large, and cells can trigger serious diseases, but the genetic switch behind this balance has remained elusive. Now, ...

Humans have about 3 billion DNA bases in their genetic makeup. However, most of it does not encode for protein.

There are some genes that can promote cancer; they are sometimes called oncogenes, and in tumor cells, mutations are often found in these genes. When they are functioning normally, oncogenes are often ...