A recent study from Northwestern University has uncovered a genetic factor that may play a key role in autism. Researchers found that a specific gene affects how brain cells form connections during ...

A recent international study published in Molecular Psychiatry has identified new genetic variants associated with autism and ...

that a so-called autism gene always or only leads to autism,” King told Healthline. “But these genes disrupt the usual development or function of pathways in the brain in ways that ...

Scientists have identified a rare genetic mutation in ITSN1 that increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease by up to tenfold, ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services asked the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study vaccines and autism, a person familiar with the situation told CNN, despite strong ...

Zandy Forbes’ biotech company MeiraGTx has developed targeted gene therapy methods to treat more than just genetic disorders. Now it’s on the cusp of its first regulatory approval. Each year ...

Dr. Peter Hotez joins to discuss the growing measles outbreak and the CDC’s plan to launch a study on the link between ...

Decades of scientific evidence haven’t found a link between autism and vaccines, but that doesn’t appear to stop the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from reportedly planning to ...