“If you are developing a drug, for example, for infantile epilepsy ... a patient’s genome impacts their health. Luckily there have been some encouraging developments in sequencing technology ...

The genome is the full genetic complement of an organism, encoded in either DNA or, in many viruses, RNA. It includes both the genes and non-coding sequences.

Nature asked the world’s largest health-research funders what they are doing to study a life stage experienced by half of humanity. Here is what some of them told us.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Friday said it will decide whether a teenager with severe epilepsy can sue her Minnesota school after a lengthy fight over special accommodations. At the heart ...

This helps doctors and healthcare staff to offer extra support. As well as an annual review with their doctor to look at general health issues, they should also have an annual review of their epilepsy ...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...

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