Genetics

A cardiologist explains how genes can impact your heart health and offers tips to prevent heart disease.

A cardiologist and genetic counselor explain hereditary heart disease and how learning your family history can help reduce risk.

One of the treatments, CASGEVY, is the first approved therapy in the United States to use CRISPR gene-editing technology.

An expert explains how Black women are disproportionately affected and what they can do to protect their health.

Francisca Kwakye left Ghana as a young child to receive life-changing treatment for sickle cell disease. Now cured, her dream is to improve health care access for others.

A gastrointestinal oncologist shares the facts behind this rare but deadly disease and the breakthroughs on the horizon.

The new test can be used in the doctor’s office and deliver results in under two hours.

A maternal-fetal medicine specialist explains how genetic tests can help you plan for pregnancy and birth.

An experimental trial shows promise for patients with a life-threatening inherited blood disorder.