To what extent can our intestinal microbiota predict the risk of developing diseases? In the case of multifactorial diseases, bacterial taxa alone do not provide much information, according to a study ...

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are effective in detecting common alleles that contribute to the inherited component of common multifactorial diseases. Typically, the alleles identified by this ...

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) comes with a heavy quality-of-life burden that doesn't ...

Scientists at Harvard Medical School have shown that in mice lacking amyloid beta (Aβ), the fundamental hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), neurons died from ...

From cystic fibrosis to sickle cell disease, Down syndrome, and Klinefelter syndrome, these are some examples of genetic illnesses you should be aware of. You should also know that breast cancer, ...