Tag: genetics

Advances in gene editing technologies have unlocked new potential for treating diseases, but they also carry a risk of unpredictable effects. Bioethicist Lainie Friedman Ross emphasizes that we must ...

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic disorder that causes progressive muscle weakness by affecting the nerve cells that control movement. While severity varies, early diagnosis and ...

Understanding your risk can increase the likelihood of early detection and treatment. But how is breast cancer risk measured, and what should patients do with that information?

The new study shows sharp increases in hospitalizations, bed days, and costs for children with complex chronic conditions, care that is increasingly concentrated in urban teaching children’s ...

A new low-cost urine test detects SORD deficiency, a common inherited neuropathy often linked to Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. The test identifies cases some genetic screens miss, offering families ...

A study to look at why long-lived bats do not get cancer has broken new ground about the biological defenses that resist the disease. Reported in the journal Nature Communications, a University of ...

Translational research at Wilmot focuses on identifying subtypes of colon cancer.

Many women believe in the importance of doing monthly self-exams of their breasts. Yet 15 years ago, the American Cancer Society recommended against teaching self-breast exams.

Some people assume we forget or outgrow trauma. But the truth is, if someone experiences trauma as a child, it can lead to physical and mental struggles that affect their entire life.

Douglas Portman, PhD, holds the Donald M. Foster, MD Professorship in Biomedical Genetics and is a professor of Neuroscience and Biology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, was named a ...