A mitochondrial DNA mutation passed down through the maternal line in some Venezuelan families has been linked to severe ...

Close gatherings over the Thanksgiving holiday could cause an uptick in emergency room visits in Illinois due to a trio of respiratory illnesses that typically rise this time of year, as well as a new ...

Flinders University researchers have discovered a rare genetic mutation that could explain why some people do not respond to ...

Australian researchers say they have identified a gene mutation that causes the skin disease psoriasis. A chronic inflammatory condition, psoriasis causes red, scaly, itchy patches on the skin. Some ...

Most mutations that cause disease by swapping one amino acid out for another do so by making the protein less stable, according to a major study of human protein variants that was published in Nature ...

Huntington's disease is caused by an inherited genetic change that causes production of an altered protein. This leads to nerve damage in areas of the brain that control movement and thinking.