Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an eye condition that can be genetic. In this way, people usually need to inherit two copies of a genetic variation that causes RP, one coming from each parent. RP may ...
Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is a bleeding disorder in which the blood does not clot as it should. Usually, people have VWD due to their genes, which may come from a male or female parent. Blood ...
Bone dysplasias are a group of rare hereditary diseases, with up to 436 disease types. Perinatal diagnosis is clinically important for adequate personalized management and counseling. There are no ...
Genomic studies based on next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology are cost-effective alternatives to determine the molecular diagnosis of patients with rare diseases of monogenic etiology because ...
Disparate Rates of Germline Variants in Cancer Predisposition Genes in African American/Black Compared With Non-Hispanic White Individuals Between 2015 and 2022 The funding sources did not play a role ...
Cockayne syndrome is a rare genetic disorder caused by changes in the ERCC8 or ERCC6 genes. People with the disorder have many health issues, such as premature aging, that shorten a person’s life ...