A cohort of eight babies at risk of inheriting mitochondrial disease were born without complications after British scientists ...

For decades, the dream of fixing harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA felt out of reach. Scientists have long known these ...

Dylan Lombard became only the 13th person in the world to be diagnosed with MDP syndrome, a debilitating rare disease which ...

My mum was so young when I lost her to breast cancer. She was only 35. I was eight and my sister Charlotte was nine. Sixteen ...

While some procedures in the UK may be ‘ethically questionable’, they have allowed for serious genetic conditions to be ...

Suddenly feeling old? Evidence now suggests that rather than a long, steady decline, we dramatically age around three ...

A pioneering reproductive technology reduced the risk of children inheriting disease-causing mutations in mitochondria, ...

“Within minutes, I looked down and saw genetics on my ... would reveal the exact genetic mutation. Then came the part that broke her: there are currently no FDA-approved treatments for the syndrome.

Longtime cheerleader with Down syndrome sets sights on joining college team Hannah Mares has led cheers for 6 years and now could make history.