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Canadian scientists have identified eight genes for brain tumors in children, opening new perspectives for doctors in treating this incurable disease.

Dr. Kristina Narfstrom of the University of Missouri in the United States has discovered the genetic link between two types of human retinitis and cats.

Can scientists someday slow down the aging process of the brain and prevent some diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's?

From Washington, US scientists have discovered an association between Parkison's disease and malignant tumors.

Scientists at the University of Western Australia have reached a breakthrough to help diagnose and better Kawasaki disease.

The technique of controlling nerve cells by light not only helps people with spinal injury to move limbs, but also can treat many other diseases.

Just by making a single genetic test, prospective parents will know if their fetus is affected by most genetic diseases, ...

People who are inherited from two special variant genes are seven times more likely to become bald when entering age 40 than those who do not carry the gene.

Psychological trauma or childhood stress can forever alter genes in the brain, Canadian researchers claim.

Brenden Adams was a special boy, though he was only 12 years old but he was taller than 2.1 m and he still grew up.