A baby from the NSW Central Coast has made medical history, becoming the first person in the world to receive a precision ...

ORLANDO — Genetic testing is warranted in patients with epilepsy of unknown origin, new research suggests. Investigators found that pathogenic genetic variants were identified in over 40% of patients ...

Salazar’s toddler developed severe epilepsy, she went to college, earned a PhD, and uncovered a genetic mutation that transformed her child's life.

The largest genetic study of its kind, coordinated by the International League Against Epilepsy, including scientists from FutureNeuro at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, has ...

Around the world, over 50 million people are thought to be affected by epilepsy. However, despite the many affected, there is still a lot we do not know about the potential genetic causes underlying ...

The largest and most diverse study to date of epilepsy's genetic factors has revealed new potential targets for treatment, both shared by and unique to different subtypes of epilepsy. The findings ...

The largest genetic study of its kind, coordinated by the International League Against Epilepsy, including scientists from FutureNeuro at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, has ...

Share on Pinterest More than 3 million people in the United States are living with epilepsy. © Marco Bottigelli/Getty Images Specific changes in DNA may increase the ...

Certain common genetic changes might make some people with focal epilepsy less responsive to seizure medications, finds a new global study led by researchers at UCL and UTHealth Houston. Focal ...

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions in the world, yet myths and misconceptions continue to surround it. In many societies, seizures are still wrongly linked to superstition or ...

GWAS power plots. Power plots of current and future GWAS estimated using MiXeR (21), displaying the estimated proportion of SNP-heritability explained by genome-wide significant SNPs as a function of ...

Zakiya: When Massachusetts resident Ravit had her first son, Nadav, she remembers that he was deeply observant – even as an infant. Ravit: I used to look at him and think he's going to be a profound ...