Kidney cancer is not exclusively a disease of older patients. For many young adults, the diagnosis comes as a shock, often appearing without warning in those who otherwise feel healthy.

Scientists at Gladstone Institutes have flipped the traditional approach to finding potential treatments for deadly diseases.

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"Monogenic" diseases, triggered by mutations in just one gene, may actually be more complex than scientists thought.

My son, who’s almost 3, is asymptomatic and thriving. His syndrome mostly just means annual visits to a C.F. clinic for monitoring. But for future pregnancies, we are debating whether we should do I.V ...

During the Boston Globe’s Rare Disease Summit, Dr. Wendy Chung, a physician-scientist and geneticist who leads the Department ...

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health ...

Sidra Medicine, a member of Qatar Foundation, has highlighted the real-world impact of precision medicine on a six-year-old patient with a rare genetic condition. Marking Rare Disease Day observed ...

An autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid gland, called autoimmune hypothyroidism (AIHT), is the most common autoimmune disease, yet it remains largely understudied. New research from scientists ...

The Food and Drug Administration is making it possible for pharmaceutical companies to produce bespoke medicines for individual patients, an effort to revolutionize the standard of care for rare ...

Since its launch in 2022, the programme has reduced the time to diagnosis from a global average of 7.6 years to just weeks.

The exact cause of personality disorders is unclear. However, genetics, neurological differences, and environmental factors may contribute to the development of these complex mental health conditions.