Logan Cyr is studying how to prevent genetic malformations through a global accelerator program for teens, The Knowledge Society Sam Gillette is a Staff Writer on the Human Interest team at PEOPLE.

Diseases like cancer or neurodegeneration are known to arise from genetic misfires. But treating such complex conditions hasn ...

Every few months for the past three years, Jeff Vierstra has been receiving infusions in his spine that target and disable a ...

A new study suggests a gene mutation could have a protective effect against Alzheimer's. The research looked specifically at blood stem cells, which live in the bone marrow and make different types of ...