For centuries, we’ve thought of these changes as part of the "genetic lottery," something we can't control. Science is now ...

A genetic mutation commonly found in cancer patients may also affect how the human body develops in the womb, according to ...

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body’s typically efficient DNA repair machinery and potentially affecting our health ...

Traditional biochemical methods of studying human gene mutations are often laborious and costly. Now bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new simple approach to ...

Human cells usually contain two copies of most genes, one of which comes from the mother while the other comes from the father. It's long been thought that usually these two copies, or alleles of ...

An international workshop of scientists, regulators, and industry experts led by Prof Ivana Barbaric convened to address the ...

Two researchers received two-year grants from The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. Two researchers at the University of ...

Parkinson's disease causes both movement and cognitive deficits, and for a long time both were thought to be caused by the ...

Researchers at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital have developed a promising new immunotherapy targeting the ...

Researchers identified a new genetic mutation that may allow some people to survive, even thrive, on three hours of sleep. The mutation is called SIK3-N783Y. Scientists said mice test subjects ...

These changes in its genome favor the virus's ability to spread and adapt to mammals, such as cows. In March 2024, an ...