Few areas of medicine generate as much fascination, hope, hype, and confusion as genetics. Just over two decades ago, ...

In a New York Times op-ed, Jolie explained that she had her breasts removed because she has a mutated BRCA1 gene that’s known ...

The once-in-a-lifetime test screens 173 genes linked to hereditary cancers, cardiovascular conditions, metabolic diseases and other serious disorders.

A research team at the University of Turku in Finland has developed a reliable laboratory model to study BAP1-deficient ...

Chris Evert during the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament on June 10, 2023 in Paris. Less than two years after telling The ...

Those with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry have a one in 40 chance of carrying a BRCA1 or BRCA2 compared to a one in 250 chance for ...

Three cases suggest some clinicians lack understanding of relatively common autosomal recessive disorders and are ...

Angelina Jolie says her children helped her regain her fighting spirit after years marked by health challenges and her divorce from Brad Pitt.

Scientists at the University of Rochester pulled off a remarkable experiment: they transferred a longevity-related gene from the famously long-lived naked mole rat into mice, and the mice ended up ...

Di Tommaso is speaking out about his own BRCA1 gene mutation diagnosis and partnering with the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) to raise awareness about the risks men face. Using the platform ...