U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday added two rare genetic disorders, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, to the federal newborn screening list to enable ...

The donation from Don and Anne Edwards aims to speed research, treatment and diagnosis for children with rare and genetic ...

Lurie Children's Hospital officially announced an expansion of research with the $11 million from Don and Anne Edwards, who ...

Chicago's Lurie's Children's Hospital will expand care for patients living with rare genetic diseases and conditions thanks ...

Don and Anne Edwards have donated $11 million to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital to establish what will be the ...

In a major leap for genetic diagnostics, scientists from the University of Melbourne and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) have developed a groundbreaking rapid blood test that can ...

"It's a slow-moving train wreck," Mike Graglia says about his 12-year-old son Tony's rare genetic disease with no cure. Caused by a tiny fluke of nature—a mutation in a gene known as a SYNGAP1—the non ...

The treatment uses a modified, harmless virus to deliver healthy genes to a patient’s cells to treat genetic diseases. Read ...

This holiday season, a Lakeland family is wishing to go to North Carolina. It is not for a vacation, but instead an intensive ...

During development of the digestive system, a complex network of nerves forms around it, creating a "second brain"—the ...

Doctors announced this week that they have treated a newborn baby with a rare genetic disease using the world’s first personalized gene editing therapy. Geoff Bennett discussed the treatment and its ...

We're living in a moment where science fiction is becoming medical reality. Imagine a world where doctors can simply rewrite ...