The discovery may explain why cutting edge CAR T-cell therapy has managed to revolutionized treatment for blood cancer but ...

Across two new papers published Wednesday (July 23) in the journal Nature, scientists sequenced the DNA of 1,084 people ...

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 ...

Mutations are the reason humans are different from each other. “It’s mutations that ultimately differentiate us from other species,” says Lynn Jorde, a human genetics professor and study author.

Mutations are changes in the molecular "letters" that make up the DNA code, the blueprint for all living cells. Some of these changes can have little effect, but others can lead to diseases ...

Genetic mutations aren't always a bad thing. A groundbreaking new study suggests that mutations on a single gene may actually be beneficial when it comes to Alzheimer’s disease.. The study ...

At the Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS, University of Montpellier, a brief and reversible inhibition of a gene silencing mechanism was found to lead to irreversible tumor formation in fruit flies.

Researchers have detected a human genetic variant that influences the sex ratio of children. ... Researchers identify genetic mutation that increases chance of having a daughter Date: October 16, 2024 ...