28 June 2008 Doha - With more than half of the marriages in the region being between close relatives, genetic disorders are on the rise, according to an expert. "About 50 to 55 percentage of the ...

Researchers at UCLA Health have found that a person's risk of developing psychotic-like experiences may be influenced by both childhood attention problems and their genetic makeup. The findings, ...

Experts say women should be offered screening tests to pick up serious genetic problems earlier in pregnancy. Tests for the genetic conditions Patau and Edward's syndromes currently take place at ...

Rather than using a rigid, one-size-fits-all global cutoff, the new model allows for a personalized “true risk threshold.” Jewish law prohibits marrying close relatives, including parent-child, ...