The root causes of most forms of Alzheimer's disease largely remain a mystery. Now, researchers have revealed a new piece of ...

A team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists has shown, for the first time, that a gene ...

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has received the third-largest donation in the entire UMass system’s history.

A team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists has shown, for the first time, that a gene ...

WORCESTER ― A foundation that honors the life of a Massachusetts man who grew his family's produce business from a pushcart in 1928 at Boston's Haymarket into a national concern made a $35 million ...

February is Rare Disease Month, an annual effort to highlight the challenges families can face while navigating rare ...

Dr. Tyler Perrin-Bellelo said that the initial meeting with a patient for the first time is the most important to “build a relationship" that lasts a lifetime.

WORRYINGLY low levels of genetic diversity make Scotland’s red squirrels especially vulnerable to disease, a study has shown ...

This change in gene expression due to secondhand smoke exposure may make children more vulnerable to disease as adults.

Gene therapy represents a paradigm shift in modern medicine, offering unprecedented opportunities to combat diseases at their ...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is an extremely rare and fatal brain-wasting disease that's like a human version of "mad cow." ...