Polygamist community faces rare genetic disorder
180581
COLORADO CITY, Arizona  - In a dusty neighborhood under sheer sandstone cliffs studded with juniper on the Arizona-Utah border, a rare genetic disorder is spreading through polygamous families on a wave of inbreeding.
234534
Two people at the center of a criminal case against the leader of a polygamous sect may have shared a marriage, but not the same memories of it, according to what they have told jurors.
467057
ST. GEORGE, Utah  - The trial of the leader of the largest polygamist sect in the United States is forcing people in Utah, where polygamy has a long history, to confront a practice that many would prefer stay hidden.
399020
WASHINGTON  - Researchers have reportedly discovered a rare disease caused by a gene mutation that often kills children before the age of two.
151247
More couples are selecting the sex of their children, using techniques developed to help couples who are infertile or at risk for having babies with genetic diseases.
1517
ST. GEORGE, Utah  - A young woman told a Utah court on Friday she wanted to die after being forced into sex at age 14 in a marriage arranged by one of the biggest U.S. polygamous sects.
123529
A worldwide search discovers a bone marrow match in the US for a boy with a rare genetic disease.
331359
Daniel Kerner's parents knew the experimental brain surgery was risky, but without it the 6-year-old surely would die. Last month in Portland, Ore., doctors for the first time transplanted stem cells from aborted fetuses into his head in a desperate bid to reverse, or at least slow, a rare genetic disorder called Batten disease. The so-far incurable condition normally results in blindness and paralysis before death.
109835
ST. GEORGE, Utah  - U.S. Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was found guilty on Tuesday of being an accomplice to rape for arranging a marriage between an unwilling 14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old first cousin in 2001.
560702
Lee Kandu never wanted to be a crusader for same-sex marriage. The Castle Rock, Wash., woman just wanted to file for bankruptcy protection so she could keep her house after her spouse &#151; a woman she married in Canada &#151; was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
502981
Viagra, which treats a common but decidedly nonfatal male malady, might soon have a new role treating a rare but life-threatening disease that strikes mainly women.
474909
Williams syndrome â a genetic accident that causes cognitive deficits and a surplus of unguarded affability â is revealing much about what makes us social beings.
66209
A young girl and her family find ways to handle the challenges of a rare genetic disorder.
557835
Parents of babies with a rare form of brittle bone disease are at increased risk of being accused of child abuse.
713642
The husband of three wives claimed the court's landmark ruling on gays applies to polygamists.
20423
One Houston woman&#39;s HIV diagnosis led to a religious epiphany. For another, news of her infection created anxiety about her unborn child.
275759
HILDALE, Utah  - From a cell in the Purgatory jail 10 months after his arrest, fundamentalist Mormon leader Warren Jeffs is still God's voice on Earth to thousands of polygamists in this isolated community.