Researchers in the CPEA Network and their colleagues around the world have learned a lot about autism through genetic studies, but they stil...

Scientists generally use a combination of methods to find candidate genes likely to be involved in autism.

Understand the role of genetics (heredity) in epilepsy.

The beautiful and plucky Christina Applegate faces breast cancer with courage while working long hours on the set.

From sickle cell anemia to dwarfism, many birth defects are due to gene mutation. To understand genetic defects, it helps to have an idea of...

For years, stuttering has been blamed on bad parenting or anxiety and other emotional factors, but new genetic research shows that stutterin...

In 1999, NICHD-supported scientists discovered that most girls with Rett syndrome have a change in the pattern of a single gene the Methyl-C...

Scientists don't know exactly what causes autism at this time. Much evidence supports the idea that genetic factors?that is, genes, their fu...

Some birth defects are due to chromosomal abnormalities in a baby. These include trisomy abnormalities like Down syndrome, and monosomy ones...

Birth defects occur in 1 in 33 babies. These disabilities can be structural defects, like cleft lips and spina bifida, or genetic defects li...