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.

After an early start to the flu season, various public health authorities, including the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the ...

Researchers from Radboud university medical center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited ...

A new form of the flu, which is highly contagious and aggressive, is sweeping the nation this season. A mutation of influenza A H3N2, called subclade K, has been detected as the culprit in rising ...

One might expect researchers to have settled the question long ago of whether poverty causes crime. On the surface, the answer seems obvious. A correlation certainly exists: anyone working in the ...

Tanning bed usage can cause DNA damage, mutate skin cells beyond ordinary sun exposure and increase the risk of melanoma by nearly three times, according to a Northwestern University study published ...

Dementia is one of the great fears of aging, especially as rates continue to climb in many countries. So when headlines suggest that tinnitus—a condition affecting nearly one in five adults—may be ...

Background: Gain-of-function (GOF) mutations in STAT1 cause a combined immunodeficiency characterized by chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMC), recurrent infections, and autoimmunity. Mutations in ...