During development of the digestive system, a complex network of nerves forms around it, creating a "second brain"—the enteric nervous system (ENS)—which controls the movement of food and waste ...

One of the most challenging moments in cancer treatment comes when a therapy stops working. In many metastatic cancers, drugs ...

People sometimes asked Tiffany Fransen if she was drunk. She wishes more people had heard of her rare disorder.

A new study has proposed that Alzheimer’s disease can be successfully reversed instead of just being slowed down.

There is no cure for the rare disease Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), but researchers from Drexel University’s College ...

The analysis revealed that about 2 per cent of sperm from men in their early 30s contained disease-causing mutations. That ...

The new analysis study showed the delay may stem from genetic mutations that are present when a child is born – but activate ...

A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new ...

Sometimes, a small error in the sequence of DNA can lead to a very serious disease. Scientists have identified many mutations ...

This study offers important insight into the pathogenic basis of intragenic frameshift deletions in the carboxy-terminal domain of MECP2, which account for some Rett syndrome cases, yet similar ...

Doctors say a highly infectious flu strain, a.k.a. “super flu,” is driving a bad flu season. Here, what’s different this year ...