Researchers are studying how genetics and environmental factors may influence lung cancer risk and could help shape the ...

Some patients develop aggressive blood cancers years after receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy for a previous cancer.

Eating Disorders’ Genetic Risk Factors Explored In New Study. Here Are Some Ways To Seek Help If You're Struggling ...

Research on Tourette’s indicates that the condition is strongly influenced by inherited genetic factors, with environmental factors also contributing to its development. Tourette syndrome is a ...

Most people with ALS don’t have a family history of it. Still, some cases of ALS are linked to inheriting specific gene mutations. Even nonfamilial cases can be linked to sporadic gene mutations that ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health challenge that affects more than 800 million people worldwide. 1 CKD can be caused by a variety of disease processes. Many causes are difficult to ...

Parents pass their genes down to their kids, with a child inheriting about 50% of their genome from each parent. But there is another kind of genetic code known as the epigenome that can also be ...