Up to 15% of all couples suffer from infertility at some point in their lives. Lack of knowledge about the causes of fertility problems can lead to prolonged clinical testing and extended treatment ...

Genetic defects are exceedingly common, which is not surprising considering just how many cells make up our bodies, including our reproductive cells. While most of these defects have no or only minor ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The expression of GSDMB was high in children with a 17q21 genetic variant. These children did not have ...

Affecting 1 in 500 people, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a condition in which the walls of the left ventricle, the heart's main pumping chamber, become abnormally thick. "HCM is one of the primary ...

A Japanese study of more than 7,400 patients has identified a genetic mismatch that sharply increases the risk of severe acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) following umbilical cord blood ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, scientists have theorized that two genetic defects have the potential to essentially “cancel each other out,” ...

The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Team monthly webinar series continues from noon to 1 p.m. April 2. The program will help Holstein breeders understand the muscle weakness genetic ...

A Florida state legislator sponsored the nation's first state-backed genetic screening program after his son died from a rare ...