A new study has brought scientists one step further in the direction of developing a cure for a brutal group of rare brain disorders known as SYNGAP1-related disorders, or SRDs. Researchers were able ...

About 1 in 4 people suffer from an anxiety disorder at some point in their lives. These include panic disorder with sudden, severe anxiety attacks; generalized anxiety disorder, in which sufferers ...

It took a while for the science to basically catch up to that suspicion.” In these types of “recessive” conditions, the ...

The UAE has launched two gene therapy projects targeting the root causes of autism and rare brain disorders, marking a significant shift from symptom management to biological repair. Collaborating ...

A rare inherited neurodevelopmental disorder has been officially named after an Abu Dhabi-based geneticist at Burjeel Medical ...

Advances in DNA sequencing have revealed something surprising—not everyone with the same genetic change develops the same ...

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

Crispr’s ability to cut genetic code like scissors has just started to turn into medicines. Now, gene editing pioneer ...

"It's a slow-moving train wreck," Mike Graglia says about his 12-year-old son Tony's rare genetic disease with no cure. Caused by a tiny fluke of nature—a mutation in a gene known as a SYNGAP1—the non ...

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 ...

The patient, who is in his 30s, got the one-time intravenous infusion at the Infusion and Chemotherapy Treatment Center at ...

Genes may play a bigger role in living a longer life, while lifestyle and luck still shape the outcome, according to a new ...