A study shows that changes in noncoding genes can trigger autoimmune diabetes in infants by affecting hundreds of immune-related genes, expanding understanding of genetic disease.

Neonatal autoimmune diabetes is caused by mutations in non-coding genes RNU4ATAC and RNU6ATAC, which disrupt gene regulation ...

Humans have about 3 billion DNA bases in their genetic makeup. However, most of it does not encode for protein.

Scientists have identified a new RNA molecule that may play a key role in improving survival in cancer patients.

Weight-loss responses to GLP-1 obesity drugs, and risks of side effects, may be linked to genetic variants, according to a ...

Weight-loss responses to GLP-1 obesity drugs, and risks of side effects, may be linked to genetic variants, according to a ...

Hello Health Rounds readers. Today we feature a pair of studies that took a deeper dive into the effects of GLP-1 drugs being ...

Scientists discovered that making a very small change to female mice's DNA caused them to develop male reproductive organs.

Researchers have found that a single genetic signal located in a part of DNA once dismissed as "junk" can determine biological sex, Bar-Ilan University said in a statement on Friday. For decades, ...

A single DNA letter, inserted into a stretch of the genome that doesn’t code for any protein, was enough to turn genetically ...

A study reports that a single nucleotide variant in the genome can make an XY individual develop as female and an XX ...