Evidence is mounting that clinicians can treat serious genetic disorders prenatally by injecting medicine into the amniotic fluid, thus preventing damage that begins in utero.

The potential of saliva as another non-invasive diagnostic tool is growing, especially as researchers identify more markers ...

In the 2000s, biotech company Theranos promised to revolutionize blood testing. Founder Elizabeth Holmes claimed Theranos ...

The therapy used molecules called antisense oligonucleotides, or ASOs, that can alter the expression of genes through interactions with RNA, which creates proteins. ASOs are currently given to babies ...

Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the UK and globally, with over 7.6 million people in the UK living with heart or ...

Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the UK and worldwide. But there are a number of symptoms that can be early ...

Water weight occurs when your body holds on to water instead of expelling it through urine. Learn what causes it and simple ...

"We don't really know why that is. Our goal is to better understand how sleep and the internal body clock affect heart health." To that end, he is leading a research project currently underway at OHSU ...

Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Beijing 100081, China Institute of Quality Standard and ...

Experts say a new method using body fluids can now diagnose arthritis in just ten minutes ... while rheumatoid arthritis is known to be a serious chronic disease that affects around one in 100 people ...

a healthy body." It was reported that the child suffered from a congenital disease that causes the muscles to stiffen immediately after birth. Police are considering the possibility that the woman ...