Your genes are made of DNA. This DNA provides instructions, which determines traits like your hair color and blood type. There are different versions of genes. Each ...

Hemochromatosis is a condition in which too much iron builds up in the body. When people inherit the condition via their genes, it can be heterozygous or homozygous. “Heterozygous” means the person ...

Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) is a genetic disorder a person can inherit from a parent. It can cause a person to develop dangerously high cholesterol levels. HeFH affects how a ...

The non-receptor tyrosine kinase, focal adhesion kinase (FAK), can signal downstream of integrins and growth factor receptors 1. FAK is expressed ubiquitously and has essential roles in a number of ...

Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS) of cognitive impairment after blood or marrow transplantation (BMT) for hematologic malignancy. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2020 ASCO Annual Meeting ...

What Is Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia? You've probably heard that you need to watch your cholesterol to keep heart disease away. That's also true of heterozygous familial ...

Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) is a monogenic disorder that affects about 1 in 500 people, with a higher prevalence in certain subpopulations such as people of Quebecois, Christian ...

The FDA has approved lerodalcibep-liga, a third-generation injectable PCSK9 inhibitor, to reduce LDL cholesterol in adults ...

In general, humans have the same genes. A number of genes are varied. These control our physical traits and health. Each variation is called an allele. You inherit two alleles for each gene. One comes ...