Genetics

A common mutation that causes facial flushing and inflammation in response to alcohol can lead to biochemical changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers say.

Scientists lay out the different ways we age

Inflammation from a simple infection can awaken a silent genetic defect in rats that carry it, resulting in a deadly form of pulmonary hypertension, a study shows.

Inflammation from a simple infection can awaken a silent genetic defect in rats that carry it, resulting in a deadly form of pulmonary hypertension, a study shows.

Researchers ID cells that transform into tissue that caps off plaque in atherosclerosis. They also believe they’ve found the gene responsible for the transformation.

Using in-game win probability techniques to predict the course of disease

When nerve cells’ power packs go wrong

Some groups of women with ovarian cancer are undertested for mutations that could guide clinical care.

Scientists have devised a blood-based test that accurately identified people with chronic fatigue syndrome, a new study reports.

Plans, dreams and day-to-day work for a team studying the sense of touch