For centuries, mental illness and physical disease have been viewed as two distinct categories, each with its own field of study, its own doctors, and its own menu of treatments.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a major leap for genetic diagnostics, scientists from the University of Melbourne and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute ...

A federally funded study is coming to Minnesota to determine if whole genome sequencing at birth can reduce childhood ...

For centuries, mental illness and physical disease have been viewed as two distinct categories, each with its own field of ...

New research suggests that synthetic peptides called minihepcidins may potentially treat two serious genetic blood diseases in children and adults. Although those diseases, beta-thalassemia and ...

NANNING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- In a milestone for genetic medicine, researchers in China have reported the world's first clinical success using a revolutionary "base-editing" technique to treat patients ...

UCLA scientists have developed a simple and cost-effective blood test that, in early studies, shows promise in detecting ...

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, ...

For the first time, doctors have created a customized treatment using the revolutionary gene-editing technique known as CRISPR to treat a baby... A promising genetic treatment tailor-made for a baby ...

What happened next may become the most important medical story of the decade. In just six months, a team at Children’s ...

Doctors at Government Rajaji Hospital has successfully performed amniocentesis procedure to detect potential genetic disorders in the foetus at around four months of pregnancy. GRH Dean Arul Sundaresh ...

ABILENE, Texas — Sickle Cell Anemia is a genetic blood disorder that affects a person’s red blood cells. KTXS spoke with Abilene resident, Frank Matovu, whose 23-year-old brother, Timothy Kayanja, has ...