The “U Ask, U.Va. Answers” speaker series is hosted by the Office of the Vice President for Research with the goal of ...

Genetic testing can help doctors diagnose some neurological disorders, such as Huntington’s disease. It can also provide insights into a person’s risk of future health conditions. Genetic testing ...

Genetic risk beyond APOE was linked to cognition, hippocampal volume, amyloid and tau across several ancestry groups.

Researchers have found that motor delay and low muscle tone were common signs of an underlying genetic diagnosis in children with neurodevelopment disorders. In a new study, UCLA Health researchers ...

Findings provide some of the strongest human evidence to date that expansion of the Huntington mutation is a key factor in ...

Genetic testing is helping rare disease patients get answers earlier, sometimes before symptoms appear, opening the door to treatment before irreversible damage occurs. For families, a genetic ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health challenge that affects more than 800 million people worldwide. 1 CKD can be caused by a variety of disease processes. Many causes are difficult to ...

Motor neuron diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), share physical similarities but have been largely viewed as genetically distinct. However, ...

The UAB Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship Program is participating in the Molecular Genetic Pathology Unified Timeline for the 2025-2026 fellowship year. For ...