Females may be at higher risk of potentially fatal heart condition due to gender differences in a protein involved in the heart’s electrical activity.

Smoking is more detrimental to lung function in individuals with high proportions of African ancestry.

A genetic variant may help keep an individual’s “good” cholesterol in check.

Enhancing stem cell survival is key to improving cell-based therapies for regenerative medicine, and a new drug could help.

A rare genetic change adds support to the idea that altered dopamine signaling is a key risk factor for ADHD.

A newer version of an old class of blood pressure lowering drugs may offer advantages for obese patients with metabolic syndrome.

A new screening tool – using glowing fish embryos – could identify therapeutics for myocardial hypertrophy and heart failure.