New research from a team in China has uncovered a novel variant in the MYO1D gene that is linked to laterality defects, congenital heart diseases, and sperm defects in humans. Laterality defects ...

This study shows, for the first time, that epigenetic defects in the human genome are widespread, and occur at hundreds of genes known to cause genetic diseases. "Because the epigenetic variants we ...

Marijuana may damage oocytes — unfertilized eggs in female ovaries — in ways researchers worry may lead to infertility, miscarriage and possible genetic defects in babies, new research has found.

Mitochondrial diseases are severe, often untreatable, and they leave human cells unable to grow normally without outside help. A new study published in Nature Metabolism now shows that a single gene ...

Mentor: Jennifer Schumacher, Ph.D. Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common type of birth defects. They arise from alterations during early cardiac development, often from gene ...